Properties of groups | Infinite group theory

Elementary amenable group

In mathematics, a group is called elementary amenable if it can be built up from finite groups and abelian groups by a sequence of simple operations that result in amenable groups when applied to amenable groups. Since finite groups and abelian groups are amenable, every elementary amenable group is amenable - however, the converse is not true. Formally, the class of elementary amenable groups is the smallest subclass of the class of all groups that satisfies the following conditions: * it contains all finite and all abelian groups * if G is in the subclass and H is isomorphic to G, then H is in the subclass * it is closed under the operations of taking subgroups, forming quotients, and forming extensions * it is closed under directed unions. The Tits alternative implies that any amenable linear group is locally virtually solvable; hence, for linear groups, amenability and elementary amenability coincide. (Wikipedia).

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