We prove a general dichotomy theorem for groups of finite Morley rank with solvable local subgroups and of Prüfer p-rank at least 2, leading either to some p-strong embedding, or to the Prüfer p-rank being exactly 2. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 20F11; Secondary 20G07, 03C60.

There is a longstanding conjecture, due to Gregory Cherlin and Boris Zilber, that all simple groups of finite Morley rank are simple algebraic groups. The most successful approach to this conjecture has been Borovik’s program analyzing a minimal counterexample, or simple K-group. We show that a simple K-group of finite Morley rank and odd type is either aalgebraic of else has Prufer rank at mos...

Abstract. We establish the lower bound p2t(e, e) exp(−t1/3), for the large times asymptotic behaviours of the probabilities p2t(e, e) of return to the origin at even times 2t, for random walks associated with finite symmetric generating sets of solvable groups of finite Prüfer rank. (A group has finite Prüfer rank if there is an integer r , such that any of its finitely generated subgroup admit...

The algebraicity conjecture for simple groups of finite Morley rank, also known as the Cherlin-Zilber conjecture, states that simple groups of finite Morley rank are simple algebraic groups over algebraically closed fields. In the last 15 years, the main line of attack on this problem has been Borovik’s program of transferring methods from finite group theory. Borovik’s program has led to consi...

We give two applications of the recent classification of locally finite simple finitary skew linear groups. We show that certain irreducible finitary skew linear groups of infinite dimension, generate the variety of all groups and have infinite Prüfer rank.

It is known that a Prüfer domain either with dimension 1 or with finite character has the stacked bases property. Following Brewer and Klinger, some rings of integer-valued polynomials provide, for every n ≥ 2, examples of n-dimensional Prüfer domains without finite character which have the stacked bases property. But, the following question is still open: does the two-dimensional Prüfer domain...

We deal with two forms of the “uniqueness cases” in the classification of large simple 13 K∗-groups of finite Morley rank of odd type, where large means the 2-rank m2(G) is at least three. This substantially extends results known for even larger groups having 15 Prüfer 2-rank at least three, so as to cover the two groups PSp4 and G2. With an eye towards more distant developments, we carry out t...

a group g is said to be a (pf)c-group or to have polycyclic-by-finite conjugacy classes, if g/c_{g}(x^{g}) is a polycyclic-by-finite group for all xin g. this is a generalization of the familiar property of being an fc-group. de falco et al. (respectively, de giovanni and trombetti) studied groups whose proper subgroups of infinite rank have finite (respectively, polycyclic) conjugacy classes. ...