Lower-central-series quotient conjecture for the group G

Let GG be the group considered in the paper, let HiH_i be the associated upper-triangular subgroups, and let λi(G)\lambda_i(G) and γi(G)\gamma_i(G) denote the terms of the lower exponent-22 series and the lower central series of GG, respectively. Lower-central-series quotient conjecture. For i1i\geq 1 and i2i\geq 2, respectively, one has

λi(G)=GHi,\lambda_i(G)=G\cap H_i,

and

λi(G)/λi+1(G)γi(G)/γi+1(G).\lambda_i(G)/\lambda_{i+1}(G)\cong\gamma_i(G)/\gamma_{i+1}(G).

The authors state this as a conjecture based on MAGMA calculations. If true, it would transfer the established width and periodicity results from the lower exponent-22 series to the lower central series; no resolution is supplied in the given text.

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Primary source

Norbert Peyerimhoff and Alina Vdovina, “Cayley Graph Expanders and Groups of Finite Width”, arXiv:0809.1560 (2008).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2006–2008). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:math/0606432.

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