Finite and profinite groups with small Engel sinks of p-elements

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Main Authors: Berto, Lucas Dal, Caldeira, Jhone, Shumyatsky, Pavel
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author Berto, Lucas Dal
Caldeira, Jhone
Shumyatsky, Pavel
author_facet Berto, Lucas Dal
Caldeira, Jhone
Shumyatsky, Pavel
contents A (left) Engel sink of an element g of a group G is a subset containing all sufficiently long commutators [...[[x,g],g],...,g], where x ranges over G. We prove that if p is a prime and G a finite group in which, for some positive integer m, every p-element has an Engel sink of cardinality at most m, then G has a normal subgroup N such that G/N is a p'-group and the index [N:O_p(G)] is bounded in terms of m only. Furthermore, if G is a profinite group in which every p-element possesses a finite Engel sink, then G has a normal subgroup N such that N is virtually pro-p while G/N is a pro-p' group.
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spellingShingle Finite and profinite groups with small Engel sinks of p-elements
Berto, Lucas Dal
Caldeira, Jhone
Shumyatsky, Pavel
Group Theory
A (left) Engel sink of an element g of a group G is a subset containing all sufficiently long commutators [...[[x,g],g],...,g], where x ranges over G. We prove that if p is a prime and G a finite group in which, for some positive integer m, every p-element has an Engel sink of cardinality at most m, then G has a normal subgroup N such that G/N is a p'-group and the index [N:O_p(G)] is bounded in terms of m only. Furthermore, if G is a profinite group in which every p-element possesses a finite Engel sink, then G has a normal subgroup N such that N is virtually pro-p while G/N is a pro-p' group.
title Finite and profinite groups with small Engel sinks of p-elements
topic Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01409