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Wreath Product of O*-Groups that is not in O*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

S. V. Modak*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
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It is well known that the wreath product of two ordered groups is an ordered group. In [2] Fuchs asks if the same is true for O*-groups. Here we construct an example to show that the wreath product of an infinite cyclic group with a free metabelian group is not an O*-group.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1971

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