Mal'tsev product
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
An operation on the class of all groups (denoted by 
), hereditary on passing to subgroups of the factors; that is, if
 |
and if a subgroup 
is chosen in each factor 
, then the subgroups 
, 
, generate a subgroup 
of 
which is the same as the product of the 
:
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Direct sums and free products of groups are Mal'tsev products. There exist other Mal'tsev products, but Mal'tsev's problem on the existence of Mal'tsev products (other than direct or free) satisfying the associative law and certain other natural conditions is still (1989) open. (The Mal'tsev product originated in connection with this problem.)
References
| [1] | A.G. Kurosh, "The theory of groups" , 1 , Chelsea (1955) (Translated from Russian) |
Comments
References
| [a1] | O.N. Golovin, M.A. Bronshtein, "An axiomatic classification of exact operations" , Selected problems in algebra and logic , Novosibirsk (1973) pp. 40–96 (In Russian) |
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Mal'tsev product. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Mal%27tsev_product&oldid=43552
Mal'tsev product. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Mal%27tsev_product&oldid=43552
This article was adapted from an original article by A.L. Shmel'kin (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article