Cyclic homology of groups and the Bass conjecture.
In this paper, we consider finite groups with precisely one nonlinear nonfaithful irreducible character. We show that the groups of order 16 with nilpotency class 3 are the only -groups with this property. Moreover we completely characterize the nilpotent groups with this property. Also we show that if is a group with a nontrivial center which possesses precisely one nonlinear nonfaithful irreducible character then is solvable.
The isoperimetric inequality |∂Ω| / |Ω| = constant / log |Ω| for finite subsets Ω in a finitely generated group Γ with exponential growth is optimal if Γ is polycyclic.
It is proved that if a locally soluble group of infinite rank has only finitely many non-trivial conjugacy classes of subgroups of infinite rank, then all its subgroups are normal.
We introduce the notion of the non-subnormal deviation of a group G. If the deviation is 0 then G satisfies the minimal condition for nonsubnormal subgroups, while if the deviation is at most 1 then G satisfies the so-called weak minimal condition for such subgroups (though the converse does not hold). Here we present some results on groups G that are either soluble or locally nilpotent and that have deviation at most 1. For example, a torsion-free locally nilpotent with deviation at most 1 is nilpotent,...