Weakly maximal subgroups in regular branch groups

Khalid Bou-Rabee*, Paul Henry Leemann, Tatiana Nagnibeda

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Abstract

Let G be a finitely generated regular branch group acting by automorphisms on a regular rooted tree T. It is well-known that stabilizers of infinite rays in T (aka parabolic subgroups) are weakly maximal subgroups in G, that is, maximal among subgroups of infinite index. We show that, given a finite subgroup Q≤. G, G possesses uncountably many automorphism equivalence classes of weakly maximal subgroups containing Q. In particular, for Grigorchuk-Gupta-Sidki type groups this implies that they have uncountably many automorphism equivalence classes of weakly maximal subgroups that are not parabolic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-357
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Algebra
Volume455
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Branch groups
  • Grigorchuk group
  • Parabolic subgroups
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Weakly maximal subgroups

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