Three-periodicity conjecture for lower central quotients of the groups Γ_T

Let Γ=ΓT\Gamma=\Gamma_{\mathcal T} be one of the groups introduced in Section 4 of the cited source, associated to a prime power q=p3q=p^3 with p3p\neq 3. Let γi(Γ)\gamma_i(\Gamma) denote the terms of its lower central series. Three-periodicity conjecture. For every i2i\geq 2,

logp[γi(Γ):γi+1(Γ)]={3,if i0,1(mod3),2,if i2(mod3).\log_p[\gamma_i(\Gamma):\gamma_{i+1}(\Gamma)]= \begin{cases} 3,&\text{if }i\equiv 0,1\pmod 3,\\ 2,&\text{if }i\equiv 2\pmod 3. \end{cases}

This predicts a periodic pattern for the ranks of the lower-central-series abelian quotients of the groups associated with prime powers p3p^3, excluding p=3p=3 to avoid torsion phenomena. The supplied text presents it as an expectation based on computer calculations and gives no resolution.

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

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