A LARGE NILPOTENT GROUP WITHOUT LARGE ABELIAN SUBGROUPS

Authors
NEUMANN BH
Citation
Bh. Neumann, A LARGE NILPOTENT GROUP WITHOUT LARGE ABELIAN SUBGROUPS, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 25, 1993, pp. 305-308
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics, General",Mathematics
Journal title
Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00246093
Volume
25
Year of publication
1993
Part
4
Pages
305 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-6093(1993)25:<305:ALNGWL>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
An example is constructed of a nilpotent group of class 2 and the orde r of the continuum all of whose abelian subgroups are countable. This answers a question asked by James Wiegold.