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The efficiency of standard wreath product

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

A. Sinan Çevik
A. Sinan Çevik
Affiliation:
Balikesir Universitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi, Matematik Bolumu, 10100 Balikesir, Turkey
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Abstract

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Let ξ be the set of all finite groups that have efficient presentations. In this paper we give sufficient conditions for the standard wreath product of two ξ-groups to be a ξ-group.

Keywords

standard wreath productefficiencypresentations
Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 415 - 423
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2000

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