On non-abelian dp-minimal groups

Abstract

Let $G$ be a dp-minimal group; we prove some consequences of several different hypotheses on $G$. First, if $G$ is torsion-free, then it is abelian. Second, if $G$ admits a distal f-generic type, then it is virtually nilpotent; we prove this by equipping the quotient of $G$ by its FC-center in this case with a valued group structure. Finally, if $G$ has the uniform chain condition, for example if $G$ is stable, then $G$ is virtually solvable.