Malnormal subgroups and Frobenius groups: basics and examples
Confluentes Mathematici, Tome 6 (2014) no. 1, pp. 65-76.

Malnormal subgroups occur in various contexts. We review a large number of examples, and compare the general situation to that of finite Frobenius groups of permutations.

In a companion paper [18], we analyse when peripheral subgroups of knot groups and 3-manifold groups are malnormal.

DOI : 10.5802/cml.13
Classification : 20B07, 20B05
Mots clés : Malnormal subgroup, infinite permutation group, Frobenius group, knot group, peripheral subgroup, almost nalmornal subgroup.
Pierre de la Harpe 1 ; Claude Weber 1

1 Section de mathématiques, Université de Genève, C.P. 64, CH–1211 Genève 4, Suisse
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Pierre de la Harpe; Claude Weber. Malnormal subgroups and Frobenius groups: basics and examples. Confluentes Mathematici, Tome 6 (2014) no. 1, pp. 65-76. doi : 10.5802/cml.13. https://cml.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/cml.13/

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