Alexander invariants and cohomology jump loci in group extensions

We study the integral, rational, and modular Alexander invariants, as well as the cohomology jump loci of groups arising as extensions with trivial algebraic monodromy. Our focus is on extensions of the form 1→K→G→Q→1, where Q is an abelian group acting trivially on H1(K;ℤ), with suitable modifications in the rational and mod-p settings. We find a tight relationship between the Alexander invariants, the characteristic varieties, and the resonance varieties of the groups K and G. This leads to an inequality between the respective Chen ranks, which becomes an equality in degrees greater than 1 for split extensions.

Baer sums for a natural class of monoid extensions

It is well known that the set of isomorphism classes of extensions of groups with abelian kernel is characterized by the second cohomology group. In this paper we generalise this characterization of extensions to a natural class of extensions of monoids, the cosetal extensions. An extension "Equation missing" is cosetal if for all $$g,g' \in G$$ g , g ′ ∈ G in which $$e(g) = e(g')$$ e ( g ) = e ( g ′ ) , there exists a (not necessarily unique) $$n \in N$$ n ∈ N such that $$g = k(n)g'$$ g = k ( n ) g ′ . These extensions generalise the notion of special Schreier extensions, which are themselves examples of Schreier extensions. Just as in the group case where a semidirect product could be associated to each extension with abelian kernel, we show that to each cosetal extension (with abelian group kernel), we can uniquely associate a weakly Schreier split extension. The characterization of weakly Schreier split extensions is combined with a suitable notion of a factor set to provide a cohomology group granting a full characterization of cosetal extensions, as well as supplying a Baer sum.

Crossed modules, double group-groupoids and crossed squares

The purpose of this paper is to obtain the notion of crossed module over group-groupoids considering split extensions and prove a categorical equivalence between these types of crossed modules and double group-groupoids. This equivalence enables us to produce various examples of double groupoids. We also prove that crossed modules over group-groupoids are equivalent to crossed squares.

A note on split extensions of bialgebras

We prove a universal characterization of Hopf algebras among cocommutative bialgebras over an algebraically closed field: a cocommutative bialgebra is a Hopf algebra precisely when every split extension over it admits a join decomposition. We also explain why this result cannot be extended to a non-cocommutative setting.

Some Residual Properties of Polycyclic Groups and Split Extensions

Доказано, что для каждого конечного множества $\pi$ простых чисел существует полициклическая группа, которая аппроксимируема конечными $p$-группами для тех и только тех простых чисел $p$, которые принадлежат множеству $\pi$.