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Isolated subgroup

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A subgroup A of a group G such that gA whenever gnA, gn1; in other words, if an equation xn=a (where 1aA) is solvable in G, then the solution lies in A. A subgroup A is said to be strongly isolated if for every aA the centralizer of a in the whole group lies in A. The isolator of a set M of elements of a group is the smallest isolated subgroup containing M.

In an R-group (that is, in a group with unique division), the concept of an isolated subgroup corresponds to that of a pure subgroup of an Abelian group. The intersection of isolated subgroups in an R-group is an isolated subgroup. A normal subgroup H of an R-group G is isolated if and only if the quotient group G/H is torsion-free. The centre of an R-group is isolated.

In the theory of ordered groups, isolated subgroups are sometimes referred to as convex subgroups (cf. Convex subgroup).

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[a1] A.G. Kurosh, "Theory of groups" , 2 , Chelsea (1960) pp. §66 (Translated from Russian)

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