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Finitely generated metabelian groups arising from integer polynomials

  • Derek J. S. Robinson EMAIL logo
From the journal Journal of Group Theory

Abstract

It is shown that there is a finitely generated metabelian group of finite torsion-free rank associated with each non-constant integer polynomial. It is shown how many structural properties of the group can be detected by inspecting the polynomial.

  1. Communicated by: Christopher W. Parker

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Received: 2023-03-17
Revised: 2023-07-23
Published Online: 2023-09-27
Published in Print: 2024-03-01

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