Groups satisfying the condition of weak minimality for subgroups of derived length two

We consider non-Abelian solvable and radical groups that satisfy the condition of weak minimality for subgroups of derived length two. We show that these groups are minimax groups. This is not true for locally solvable groups. We give an example of a group of derived length three that satisfies the condition of weak minimality for the indicated subgroups but is not a minimax group.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp.1203–1207, September, 1994.     

Uniform Growth in Groups of Exponential Growth

This is an exposition of examples and classes of finitely-generated groups which have uniform exponential growth. The main examples are non-Abelian free groups, semi-direct products of free Abelian groups with automorphisms having an eigenvalue of modulus distinct from 1, and Golod–Shafarevich infinite finitely-generated p-groups. The classes include groups which virtually have non-Abelian free quotients, nonelementary hyperbolic groups, appropriate free products with amalgamation, HNN-extensions and one-relator groups, as well as soluble groups of exponential growth. Several open problems are formulated.     

On the theory of groups with generalized minimality condition for closed subgroups

We prove that a topological Abelian locally compact group with generalized minimality condition for closed subgroups is a group of one of the following types: 1) a group with minimality condition for closed subgroups, 2) an additive group of theJ _p -ring of integerp-adic numbers, 3) an additive groupR _p of the field ofp-adic numbers (p is a prime number). Kiev University, Kiev. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 398–409, March, 1999.     

Topological groups with the generalized minimality condition for subgroups

Locally compact, locally solvable groups with the generalized minimality condition for closed Abelian subgroups are studied.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1394–1402, October, 1990.     

On Parity Vectors of Latin Squares

The parity vectors of two Latin squares of the same side n provide a necessary condition for the two squares to be biembeddable in an orientable surface. We investigate constraints on the parity vector of a Latin square resulting from structural properties of the square, and show how the parity vector of a direct product may be obtained from the parity vectors of the constituent factors. Parity vectors for Cayley tables of all Abelian groups, some non-Abelian groups, Steiner quasigroups and Steiner loops are determined. Finally, we give a lower bound on the number of main classes of Latin squares of side n that admit no self-embeddings.     

Free Groups and Subgroups of Finite Index in the Unit Group of an Integral Group Ring

In this article we construct free groups and subgroups of finite index in the unit group of the integral group ring of a finite non-Abelian group G for which every nonlinear irreducible complex representation is of degree 2 and with commutator subgroup G′ a central elementary Abelian 2-group.     

Periodic T(Ā)-groups with Abelian locally nilpotent coradical

The article describes periodic groups in which non-Abelian normal divisors satisfy the transitivity condition and which have an Abelian locally nilpotent coradical."Gorsistemotekhnika" Scientific-Industrial Association. Translated from Vychislitel'naya i Prikladnaya Matematika, No. 74, pp. 81–85, 1992;     

Abelian torsion groups with a countably compact group topology

Comfort and Remus [W.W. Comfort, D. Remus, Abelian torsion groups with a pseudocompact group topology, Forum Math. 6 (3) (1994) 323–337] characterized algebraically the Abelian torsion groups that admit a pseudocompact group topology using the Ulm–Kaplansky invariants.We show, under a condition weaker than the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis, that an Abelian torsion group (of any cardinality) admits a pseudocompact group topology if and only if it admits a countably compact group topology. Dikranjan and Tkachenko [D. Dikranjan, M. Tkachenko, Algebraic structure of small countably compact Abelian groups, Forum Math. 15 (6) (2003) 811–837], and Dikranjan and Shakhmatov [D. Dikranjan, D. Shakhmatov, Forcing hereditarily separable compact-like group topologies on Abelian groups, Topology Appl. 151 (1–3) (2005) 2–54] showed this equivalence for groups of cardinality not greater than .We also show, from the existence of a selective ultrafilter, that there are countably compact groups without non-trivial convergent sequences of cardinality κ^ω, for any infinite cardinal κ. In particular, it is consistent that for every cardinal κ there are countably compact groups without non-trivial convergent sequences whose weight λ has countable cofinality and λ>κ.     

On topological groups with weak minimality (maximality) condition for noncompact subgroups

We present the structure of a locally compact solvablep-group satisfying the weak minimality (maximality) condition for noncompact subgroups. As a consequence, we obtain the structure of a locally compact prosolvablep-group satisfying the minimality (maximality) condition for noncompact sub-groups. We also construct an example to demonstrate that these results are not true for arbitrary inductively compact locally compact totally disconnected solvable groups.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1393–1398, October, 1994.     

Maximal orders of Abelian subgroups in finite simple groups

We bring out upper bounds for the orders of Abelian subgroups in finite simple groups. (For alternating and classical groups, these estimates are, or are nearly, exact.) Precisely, the following result, Theorem A, is proved. Let G be a non-Abelian finite simple group and G L₂ (q), where q=p^t for some prime number p. Suppose A is an Abelian subgroup of G. Then |A|³<|G|. Our proof is based on a classification of finite simple groups. As a consequence we obtain Theorem B, which states that a non-Abelian finite simple group G can be represented as ABA, where A and B are its Abelian subgroups, iff G≌ L₂(2^t) for some t ≥ 2; moreover, |A|-2^t+1, |B|=2^t, and A is cyclic and B an elementary 2-group. Translated fromAlgebra i Logika, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 131–160, March–April, 1999.     

On Chernikovp-groups

We investigate extensions of divisible Abelianp-groups with minimality condition by means of a finitep-groupH and establish the conditions under which the problem of describing all nonisomorphic extensions of this sort is wild. All the nonisomorphic Chernikovp-groups are described whose factor-group with respect to the maximum divisible Abelian subgroup is a cyclic group of orderp ^s ,s≤2. Uzhgorod University, Uzhgorod. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 291–304, March, 1999.     

Some classes of groups with the weak minimality and maximality conditions for normal subgroups

This paper deals with groups satisfying the weak minimality (maximality) condition for normal subgroups and having an ascending series of normal subgroups whose factors are finite or Abelian of finite rank. It is proved that if G is such a group, then it contains a periodic hypercentral normal subgroup H satisfying the Min-G condition such that G/H is minimax and almost solvable.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 8, pp. 1050–1056, August, 1990.     

Three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$=4 superconformal superfield theories

We consider the map of three-dimensional N=4 superfields to the N=3 harmonic superspace. The left and right representations of the N=4 superconformal group are constructed on N=3 analytic superfields. These representations are convenient for describing N=4 superconformal couplings of Abelian gauge superfields to hypermultiplets. We investigate the N=4 invariance in the non-Abelian N=3 Yang-Mills theory.     

Morava K-Theories of p-Groups with Cyclic Maximal Subgroups and Other Related Groups

Let P be a non-Abelian finite p-group, p odd, with cyclic maximal subgroups, and let K(n)^*(–) denote the nth Morava K-theory at p. In this paper we determine the algebras K(n)^*(BP) and K(n)^*(BG) for all groups G with Sylow p-subgroups isomorphic to P, giving further evidence for the fact that Morava K-theory as an invariant of finite groups, is finer than ordinary modp cohomology. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000): 55N20, 55N22.     

Classification of Groups Which Admit a Finite Number of Distinct Right-Orders

Tararin has shown that a non-Abelian group G admits a nonzero finite number of distinct right-orders if and only if G is equipped with a Tararin-type series of some length n. Further, a group which has a Tararin-type series of length n admits 2 ⁿ right-orders. It is known that a group has two right-orders if and only if it is torsionfree Abelian of rank 1. Here we completely classify the groups which admit either four or eight right-orders.     

Universal Central Extensions of Lie Groups

We call a central Z-extension of a group G weakly universal for an Abelian group A if the correspondence assigning to a homomorphism ZA the corresponding A-extension yields a bijection of extension classes. The main problem discussed in this paper is the existence of central Lie group extensions of a connected Lie group G which is weakly universal for all Abelian Lie groups whose identity components are quotients of vector spaces by discrete subgroups. We call these Abelian groups regular. In the first part of the paper we deal with the corresponding question in the context of topological, Fréchet, and Banach–Lie algebras, and in the second part we turn to the groups. Here we start with a discussion of the weak universality for discrete Abelian groups and then turn to regular Lie groups A. The main results are a Recognition and a Characterization Theorem for weakly universal central extensions.     

Goldie Extending Modules

In this article, we define a module M to be 𝒢-extending if and only if for each X ≤ M there exists a direct summand D of M such that X ∩ D is essential in both X and D. We consider the decomposition theory for 𝒢-extending modules and give a characterization of the Abelian groups which are 𝒢-extending. In contrast to the charac-terization of extending Abelian groups, we obtain that all finitely generated Abelian groups are 𝒢-extending. We prove that a minimal cogenerator for 𝒢od-R is 𝒢-extending, but not, in general, extending. It is also shown that if M is (𝒢-) extending, then so is its rational hull. Examples are provided to illustrate and delimit the theory.     

Strongly Regular Semi-Cayley Graphs

We consider strongly regular graphs = (V, E) on an even number, say 2n, of vertices which admit an automorphism group G of order n which has two orbits on V. Such graphs will be called strongly regular semi-Cayley graphs. For instance, the Petersen graph, the Hoffman–Singleton graph, and the triangular graphs T(q) with q 5 mod 8 provide examples which cannot be obtained as Cayley graphs. We give a representation of strongly regular semi-Cayley graphs in terms of suitable triples of elements in the group ring Z G. By applying characters of G, this approach allows us to obtain interesting nonexistence results if G is Abelian, in particular, if G is cyclic. For instance, if G is cyclic and n is odd, then all examples must have parameters of the form 2n = 4s ² + 4s + 2, k = 2s ² + s, = s ² – 1, and = s ²; examples are known only for s = 1, 2, and 4 (together with a noncyclic example for s = 3). We also apply our results to obtain new conditions for the existence of strongly regular Cayley graphs on an even number of vertices when the underlying group H has an Abelian normal subgroup of index 2. In particular, we show the nonexistence of nontrivial strongly regular Cayley graphs over dihedral and generalized quaternion groups, as well as over two series of non-Abelian 2-groups. Up to now these have been the only general nonexistence results for strongly regular Cayley graphs over non-Abelian groups; only the first of these cases was previously known.