A note on Engel elements in the first Grigorchuk group
Abstract
Let $\Gamma$ be the first Grigorchuk group. According to a result of Bartholdi, the only left Engel elements of $\Gamma$ are the involutions. This implies that the set of left Engel elements of $\Gamma$ is not a subgroup. Of particular interest is to wonder whether this happens also for the sets of bounded left Engel elements, right Engel elements, and bounded right Engel elements of $\Gamma$. Motivated by this, we prove that these three subsets of $\Gamma$ coincide with the identity subgroup.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- February 2018
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1802.09032
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv180209032N
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Group Theory;
- 20F45;
- 20E08