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The linearity of wreath products

Part of: Structure and classification of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

B. A. F. Wehrfritz
B. A. F. Wehrfritz
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School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End Road, London El 4NS
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A long time ago Ju. E. Vapne ([2], [3]) and, independently, the author ([4], [5]) classified those standard and complete wreath products that have faithful representations of finite degree over (commutative) fields. See [6] pages 37 40 & 150–154 for an account of this. Recently, in connection with finitary linear groups, I needed a more general wreath product. Somewhat to my surprise neither the classification nor the proof for these generalized wreath products was a straightforward translation from the standard case. The situation is intrinsically more complex and it seems worthwhile recording it separately.

MSC classification

Secondary: 20E22: Extensions, wreath products, and other compositions
Type
Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , December 1997 , pp. 357 - 367
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Copyright © University College London 1997

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