Questions tagged [metabelian-groups]

A metabelian group is a group, that is an extension of an abelian group by an abelian group. To be used with the tag [group-theory]

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Is a finite centerless metabelian group always a semidirect product of two abelian groups?

Suppose $G$ is a finite centerless metabelian group. Is it true that it is a semidirect product of two abelian groups? It does not seem true to me, but I failed to find any counterexamples. Actually, I know quite a few examples of finite metabelian…
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Is there a way to classify all metabelian finite groups $G$, such that $ \operatorname{Aut}(G) \cong G$?

Is there a way to classify all metabelian finite groups $G$, such that $ \operatorname{Aut}(G) \cong G$? I know that the trivial group is the only abelian group that satisfies this condition. I also know two non-abelian groups that satisfy this…
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Are the terms of the derived series of finitely generated groups finitely normally generated?

Let $S$ be a finite generating set of a finitely generated group $G$. Then the set $S'$ of $[a,b]$ for $a,b \in S$ normally generates $G'$, i.e., any element of $G'$ is a product of conjugates of commutators of generators. Indeed, denoting the…
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Problem understanding Itô's proof about product of abelian groups

I am trying to understand Itô's Theorem that states the following: Let the group $G=AB$ be the product of two abelian subgroups $A$ and $B$. Then $G$ is metabelian. I am following the book 'Product of groups' by Amberg, Franciosi and De Giovanni…
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Criterion for $G/Z(G)$ being metabelian

I was reading an article. There is written that if $G$ is an $FC$-group which is also a soluble $\overline T$-group, then the locally finite group $G/Z(G)$ is metabelian. $G$ is an $FC$-group if every element has only finitely many conjugates. $G$…
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Relators in a finitely generated metabelian group

Consider the 2-generated metabelian group $G$ with finite $\mathbf{A}^2$-presentation $$ \langle\langle a,b \,\vert\, [a,b^{-1}][a^{-1},b][a,b]^2 \rangle\rangle, $$ where $[a,b] = a^{-1}b^{-1}ab$, i.e. all relators of the forms $[[w,x],[y,z]]$ are…
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The commutator subgroup of finite metabelian p-group

Let $G$ be a finite metabelian $p$-group, i.e. the commutator subgroup $G′$ of $G$ is abelian. In some paper of groups theory, I find This statement : " Since $G/G'$ $\cong \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ then $G'$ is cyclic" I…
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On classification of groups of order $p^5$

Can someone suggest me some source where the author has classified all non-isomorphic groups of order $p^5$ ? Edit 1 : I need complete classification (not upto isoclinism), and also in finitely presented form . I found that with increase in value of…
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Center of a split metabelian group of order $p^nq$ is direct summand.

Let $p$ and $q$ be odd primes such that such that $q \ | \ p-1.$ Suppose we have a group $G$ which is a split extension of the cyclic group $B$ of order $q$ by a finite abelian $p$-group $A.$ Can we say that $Z(G)$ is a direct summand of $G?$ I…
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Is every $p$-group of order $p^4$ metabelian?

Upon learning that all $p$-groups of order $p^5$ are metabelian I wanted to investigate the case of order $p^4$. A group $G$ is metabelian if $G'$, its commutator subgroup, is abelian; equivalently, $G$ is metabelian if and only if there is an…
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Meta cyclic p-group

While studying meta cyclic p groups, I came across an interesting class of meta cyclic groups which can be written as semi-direct product of two cyclic p-groups of order $p^m$ and $p^n$ respectively. These kind of groups are called split meta cyclic…
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Showing that every abelian group is metabelian.

Some terms before I define my problem: Definition: A group is abelian if every pair of elements commutes. Proposition: All subgroups of an abelian group are normal. Definition: A group $G$ is called metabelian if it has an abelian normal subgroup…