Finite generation of iterated wreath products

Details Finite generation of iterated wreath products Finite generation of iterated wreath products

2010-02-01

arxiv.org/abs/1002.0320v2

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Group Theory

7 pages. An example of a branch group with maximal subgroups of infinite index is added

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Let $(G_n,X_n)$ be a sequence of finite transitive permutation groups with uniformly bounded number of generators. We prove that the infinitely iterated permutational wreath product $...\wr G_2\wr G_1$ is topologically finitely generated if and only if the profinite abelian group $\prod_{n\geq 1} G_n/G'_n$ is topologically finitely generated. As a corollary, for a finite transitive group $G$ the minimal number of generators of the wreath power $G\wr...\wr G\wr G$ ($n$ times) is bounded if $G$ is perfect, and grows linearly if $G$ is non-perfect. As a by-product we construct a finitely generated branch group, which has maximal subgroups of infinite index, answering [2,Question 14].

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