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arxiv: 1610.00313 · v1 · pith:XHDWINBZnew · submitted 2016-10-02 · 🧮 math.GR · math.LO

X-torsion and universal groups

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keywords groupstorsion-freeenumerablefinitelygrouppresentedrecursivelytorsion
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For a set $X\subseteq \mathbb{N}$, we define the $X$-torsion of a group $G$ to be all elements $g\in G$ with $g^{n}=e$ for some $n\in X$. With $X$ recursively enumerable, we give two independent proofs (group-theoretic, and model-theoretic) that there exists a universal finitely presented $X$-torsion-free group; one which contains all finitely presented $X$-torsion-free groups. We also show that, if $X$ is recursively enumerable, then the set of finite presentations of $X$-torsion-free groups is $\Pi_{2}^{0}$-complete in Kleene's arithmetic hierarchy.

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