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Torsion-free crystallographic groups with indecomposable holonomy group. II

  • V. A. Bovdi , P. M. Gudivok and V. P. Rudko
From the journal Journal of Group Theory

Abstract

Let K be a principal ideal domain, G a finite group, and M a KG-module which is a free K-module of finite rank on which G acts faithfully. A generalized crystallographic group is a non-split extension ℭ of M by G such that conjugation in ℭ induces the G-module structure on M. (When K = ℤ, these are just the classical crystallographic groups.) The dimension of ℭ is the K-rank of M, the holonomy group of ℭ is G, and ℭ is indecomposable if M is an indecomposable KG-module.

We study indecomposable torsion-free generalized crystallographic groups with holonomy group G when K is ℤ, or its localization ℤ(p) at the prime p, or the ring ℤp of p-adic integers. We prove that the dimensions of such groups with G non-cyclic of order p2 are unbounded. For K = ℤ, we show that there are infinitely many non-isomorphic such groups with G the alternating group of degree 4 and we study the dimensions of such groups with G cyclic of certain orders.

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Published Online: 2005-07-27
Published in Print: 2004-09-06

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