On the Tits’ alternative for subgroups of $F$-groups
V. G. Durnev,
O. V. Zetkina,
A. I. Zetkina P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Abstract:
Tits proved that for any finitely generated linear group
$G$, the following statement holds:
$G$ is either solvable-by-finite, or
it contains a subgroup isomorphic to the free group $F_2$ of rank $2$.
This leads to the concept of the
Tits' alternative for a class of groups:
For a class $C$ of groups
the Tits' alternative holds, if
an arbitrary group $G$ from this class is either solvable-by-finite, or
it contains a subgroup isomorphic to the free group $F_2$ of rank $2$.
A number of works have addressed the studying of the classes of groups for which the
Tits' alternative holds.
The Tits' alternative is related to the following problem
which has been independently studying for a long time in combinatorial group theory:
Find the class of groups possessing the following property:
for an arbitrary group $G$ from this class, the following alternative holds:
either a non-trivial identity holds on the group $G$, or
$G$ contains a subgroup isomorphic to the free group $F_2$ of rank $2$.
For subgroups of the groups with one defining relation, this problem was fully studied by
D. I. Moldavanskii, A. A. Chebotar', A. Karrass and D. Solitar.
For groups satisfying small cancellation conditions, this problem was
studied by V. P. Klassen in describing the subgroups of such groups.
The full description of Abelian subgroups of arbitrary
$F$-groups
is given in the famous monograph by R. Lindon and P. Schupp.
In the present work, this result is strengthened:
we give a description of subgroups of
$F$-groups,
on which a non-trivial identity holds and prove the Tits alternative
for subgroups of
$F$-groups.
More accurately, we prove that for the subgroups
of Fuchsian groups, the strengthened variant
of the
Tits' alternative holds:
An arbitrary subgroup $H$ of a Fuchsian group either is solvable group of degree $\leq 3$
or alternating group $A(5)$, or $H$ contains a subgroup isomorphic to the free group of rank $2$,
No non-trivial identity does hold on a subgroup $H$ of an arbitrary Fuchsian group $G$ if and only if
$H$ contains a subgroup isomorphic to the free group $F_2$ of rank $2$.
Keywords:
Fuchsian groups, $F$-groups, Tits' alternative, group satisfying a non-trivial identity.
UDC:
512.54 Received: 21.01.2014