{ "id": "1501.05670", "version": "v1", "published": "2015-01-22T22:02:07.000Z", "updated": "2015-01-22T22:02:07.000Z", "title": "On profinite groups with Engel-like conditions", "authors": [ "Raimundo Bastos", "Pavel Shumyatsky" ], "journal": "Journal of Algebra, Volume 427, 1 April 2015, Pages 215-225", "doi": "10.1016/j.jalgebra.2015.01.002", "categories": [ "math.GR" ], "abstract": "Let $G$ be a profinite group in which for every element $x\\in G$ there exists a natural number $q=q(x)$ such that $x^q$ is Engel. We show that $G$ is locally virtually nilpotent. Further, let $p$ be a prime and $G$ a finitely generated profinite group in which for every $\\gamma_k$-value $x\\in G$ there exists a natural $p$-power $q=q(x)$ such that $x^q$ is Engel. We show that $\\gamma_k(G)$ is locally virtually nilpotent.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2015-01-22T22:02:07.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "20E18", "20F45" ], "keywords": [ "engel-like conditions", "locally virtually nilpotent", "natural number", "finitely generated profinite group" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2015arXiv150105670B" } } }