OAI/GroupTheory/PolycyclicRecognition/Algebra/Nilpotent.lean

GitHub source file

2 declarations, 0 contain sorry, 0 declared as axioms

The nilpotent conclusion in recognition

Finitely generated nilpotent groups are polycyclic. Consequently a finitely generated virtually nilpotent group is virtually polycyclic, by finite generation of the finite-index nilpotent subgroup.

  1. theorem OAI.PolycyclicRecognition.isPolycyclic_of_finitelyGenerated_nilpotent line 20

    Source documentation

    Finite generation and nilpotence yield an actual finite cyclic subnormal series.

    theorem isPolycyclic_of_finitelyGenerated_nilpotent [Group.IsNilpotent G] :
        IsPolycyclic G := by
    …

    Mentions: OAI.PolycyclicRecognition.IsPolycyclic

  2. theorem OAI.PolycyclicRecognition.isVirtuallyPolycyclic_of_finitelyGenerated_virtuallyNilpotent line 26

    Source documentation

    Schreier finite generation applies to the nilpotent finite-index subgroup.

    theorem isVirtuallyPolycyclic_of_finitelyGenerated_virtuallyNilpotent
        (hG : Group.IsVirtuallyNilpotent G) : IsVirtuallyPolycyclic G := by
    …