Engel properties of group algebras II

Engel-5 Lie Algebras

Group rings satisfying generalized Engel conditions

Let R be a commutative ring with unity of characteristic r≥0 and G be a locally finite group. For each x and y in the group ring RG define [x,y]=xy-yx and inductively via [x ,_( n+1)  y]=[[x ,_( n)  y]  , y]. In this paper we show that necessary and sufficient conditions for RG to satisfies [x^m(x,y)   ,_( n(x,y))  y]=0 is: 1) if r is a power of a prime p, then G is a locally nilpotent group an...

On Amenability of Group Algebras, Ii: Graded Algebras

We show that, in a finitely generated amenable group G with lower central series (γn(G)), the function n 7→ rank(γn(G)/γn+1(G)) grows subexponentially. This paper continues [22,2]’s study of amenability of affine algebras (based on the notion of almost-invariant finite-dimensional subspace), and applies it to graded algebras associated with finitely generated groups. We consider the graded defo...

Homological properties of modules over group algebras

for each f, g ∈ L (G). For the theory of this Banach algebra, see [8], [14], [17], and [2, §3.3], for example. There are many standard left (and right) Banach L(G)-modules. Here we determine when these modules have certain well-known homological properties; we shall summarize some known results, and establish various new ones. In fact, we are seeking to characterize the locally compact groups G...

Engel Graph Associated with a Group

Let G be a non-Engel group and let L(G) be the set of all left Engel elements of G. Associate with G a graph EG as follows: Take G\L(G) as vertices of EG and join two distinct vertices x and y whenever [x,k y] 6= 1 and [y,k x] 6= 1 for all positive integers k. We call EG, the Engel graph of G. In this paper we study the graph theoretical properties of EG.