Platonov–Potapchik's primitive-unipotent conjecture

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Let G=⟨S⟩G=\langle S\rangle be a group with a fixed finite generating set SS. An element of GG is primitive if it occurs in a generating set obtained from SS by finitely many Schreier transformations, and an element is unipotent if all its eigenvalues are equal to 11.

Platonov–Potapchik's conjecture. If all primitive elements of GG are unipotent, then the group GG generated by SS is unipotent.

The conjecture is presented as a general question posed by Platonov and Potapchik; the cited theorem gives only a partial answer in a representation-theoretic setting. Its resolution is not specified in the source.

References

Primary source

Pratyush Mishra, “Dynamics of primitive elements under group actions”, arXiv:2403.16769 (2024).

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