RUS  ENG
Full version
JOURNALS // Prikladnaya Diskretnaya Matematika. Supplement // Archive

Prikl. Diskr. Mat. Suppl., 2019 Issue 12, Pages 216–218 (Mi pdma475)

Computational methods in discrete mathematics

Computational experiments in finite two generator Burnside groups of exponent five

A. A. Kuznetsov

M. F. Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technologies

Abstract: Let $B_0(2,5)=\langle a_1,a_2 \rangle$ be the largest two generator Burnside group of exponent five. It has the order $5^{34}$. There is a power commutator presentation of $B_0(2,5)$. In this case every element of the group can be represented uniquely as $a_1^{\alpha_1}\cdot a_2^{\alpha_2}\cdot\ldots\cdot a_{34}^{\alpha_{34}}$, $\alpha_i \in \mathbb{Z}_5$, $i=1,2,\ldots,34$. Here $a_1$ and $a_2$ are generators of $B_0(2,5)$, commutators $a_3,\ldots,a_{34}$ are defined recursively by $a_1$ and $a_2$. We define $B_k=B_0(2,5)/\langle a_{k+1},\ldots,a_{34}\rangle$ as a quotient of $B_0(2,5)$, $|B_k|=5^k$. Let $\varphi $ be the homomorphism of $ B_k $ onto the group $ Q_k $ and $ N_k $ be the kernel of $\varphi $. We have done some computational experiments and now formulate a hypothesis about the diameter $D_{A_4}(B_k)$ of the $B_k$ relative to the symmetric generating set $A_4 = \{ a_1,a_1^{-1},a_2,a_2^{-1}\}$: $D_{A_4}(eN_k) = D_{A_4}(B_k)$ for all $2\leq k \leq 34$ where $|N_k| \sim|Q_k| \sim |B_k|^{{1}/{2}}$, $e$ is the identity of $B_k$ and $D_{A_4}(eN_k)$ is the diameter of the coset $eN_k$. Note that this hypothesis is correct for $k \leq 19$.

Keywords: Burnside group, the growth function.

UDC: 519.688

DOI: 10.17223/2226308X/12/60



Bibliographic databases:


© Steklov Math. Inst. of RAS, 2025