Structural Results On The Weak Commutativity Construction

Abstract

The weak commutativity group $\chi(G)$ is generated by two isomorphic groups $G$ and $G^{\varphi }$ subject to the relations $[g,g^{\varphi}]=1$ for all $g \in G$. We obtain new expressions for the terms of the derived series and the lower central series of $\chi(G)$. We also present new bounds for the exponent of some sections of $\chi(G)$.