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\Chapter{Example computations with almost crystallographic groups}

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\Section{Example computations I}

Using the functions available for pcp groups in the share package 
{\sf polycyclic} it is now easy to redo some of the calculations of 
\cite{KD}. As a first example we check whether the groups indicated 
as torsion free in \cite{KD} are also determined as torsion free
ones by \GAP. In \cite{KD} these almost Bieberbach groups are listed as 
``AB-groups''. So for type ``013'' these are the groups with parameters 
$(k,0,1,0,1,0)$ where $k$ is an even integer. Let's look at some examples 
in \GAP:

\beginexample
gap> G:=AlmostCrystallographicPcpDim4("013",[8,0,1,0,1,0]);
Pcp-group with orders [ 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> IsTorsionFree(G);
true
gap> G:=AlmostCrystallographicPcpDim4("013",[9,0,1,0,1,0]);
Pcp-group with orders [ 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> IsTorsionFree(G);
false
\endexample

Further, there is also some cohomology information in the tables 
of \cite{KD}. In fact, the groups in this library were obtained
as extensions $E$ of the form

$$
1 \rightarrow \Z \rightarrow E \rightarrow Q \rightarrow 1
$$

where, in the 4-dimensional case $Q = E/\langle d \rangle$. The 
cohomology information for the particular example above shows that 
the groups determined by a parameter set $(k_1,k_2,k_3,k_4,k_4,k_6)$ 
are equivalent as extensions to the groups determined by the parameters 
$(k_1, k_2 \bmod 2, k_3 \bmod 2, k_4 \bmod 2, k_5 \bmod 2, 0)$. This is 
also visible in finding torsion:

\beginexample
gap> G:=AlmostCrystallographicPcpDim4("013",[10,0,2,0,1,0]);
Pcp-group with orders [ 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> IsTorsionFree(G);
false
gap> G:=AlmostCrystallographicPcpDim4("013",[10,0,3,0,1,9]);
Pcp-group with orders [ 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> IsTorsionFree(G);
true
\endexample

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\Section{Example computations II}

The computation of cohomology groups played an important role in the 
classification of the almost Bieberbach groups in \cite{KD}. Using 
\GAP, it is now possible to check these computations. As an example we 
consider the 4-dimensional almost crystallographic groups of type 85 on 
page 202 of \cite{KD}. This group $E$ has 6 generators. In the table, one 
also finds the information

$$
H^2(Q,\Z) = \Z \oplus (\Z_2)^2 \oplus \Z_4
$$

for $Q=E/\langle d \rangle$ as above. Moreover, the $Q$--module $\Z$ is 
in fact the group $\langle d \rangle$, where the $Q$-action comes from 
conjugation inside $E$. In the case of groups of type 85, $\Z$ is a 
trivial $Q$-module. The following example demonstrates how to (re)compute 
this two-cohomology group $H^2(Q,\Z)$. 

\beginexample
gap> G:=AlmostCrystallographicPcpGroup(4, "085", false);
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> GroupGeneratedByd:=Subgroup(G, [G.6] );
Pcp group with orders [ 0 ]
gap> Q:=G/GroupGeneratedByd;
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 4, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> action:=List( Pcp(Q), x -> [[1]] );
[ [ [ 1 ] ], [ [ 1 ] ], [ [ 1 ] ], [ [ 1 ] ], [ [ 1 ] ] ]
gap> C:=CRRecordByMats( Q, action);;
gap> TwoCohomologyCR( C ).factor.rels;
[ 2, 2, 4, 0 ]
\endexample

This last line gives us the abelian invariants of the second 
cohomology group $H^2(Q,\Z)$. So we should read this line as 

$$
H^2(Q,\Z) = \Z_2 \oplus \Z_2 \oplus \Z_4 \oplus \Z
$$

which indeed coincides with the information in \cite{KD}.

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\Section{Example computations III}

As another application of the capabilities of the combination of
`aclib' and {\sf polycyclic} we check some computations of \cite{DM}.

Section 5 of the paper \cite{DM} is completely devoted to an example
of the computation of the $P$-localization of a virtually nilpotent group,
where $P$ is a set of primes. Although it is not our intention to 
develop the theory of $P$-localization of groups at this place, let us
summarize some of the main results concerning this topic here.

For a set of primes $P$, we say that $n \in P$ if and only if $n$ is
a product of primes in $P$. A group $G$ is said to be $P$-local if and 
only if the map $\mu_n:G\rightarrow G: g \mapsto g^n$ is bijective for 
all $n \in P'$, where $P'$ is the set of all primes not in $P$. The 
$P$-localization of a group $G$, is a $P$-local group $G_P$ together 
with a morphism $\alpha :G \rightarrow G_P$ which satisfy the following 
universal property: For each $P$-local group $L$ and any morphism 
$\varphi: G \rightarrow L$, there exists a unique morphism $\psi:G_P 
\rightarrow L$, such that $\psi \circ \alpha = \varphi$.

This concept of localization is well developed for finite groups and 
for nilpotent groups. For a finite group $G$, the $P$-localization is 
the largest quotient of $G$, having no elements with an order belonging to 
$P'$ (the morphism $\alpha$, mentioned above is the natural projection).

In \cite{DM} a contribution is made towards the localization of virtually 
nilpotent groups. The theory developed in the paper is then illustrated 
in the last section of the paper by means of the computation of the 
$P$-localization of an almost crystallographic group. For their example
the authors have chosen an almost crystallographic group $G$ of dimension 3
and type 17. For the set of parameters $(k_1,k_2,k_3,k_4)$ they have
considered all cases of the form $(k_1,k_2,k_3,k_4)=(2,0,0,k_4)$. 

Here we will check their computations in two cases $k_4=0$ and $k_4=1$
using the set of primes $P=\{2\}$. The holonomy group of these almost 
crystallographic groups $G$ is the dihedral group ${\cal D}_6$ of order 
12. Thus there is a short exact sequence of the form 
$$ 1 \rightarrow {\rm Fitt}(G) \rightarrow G 
     \rightarrow {\cal D}_6 \rightarrow 1. $$

As a first step in their computation, Descheemaeker and Malfait determine
the group $I_{P'}{\cal D}_6$, which is the unique subgroup of order 3 in
${\cal D}_6$. One of the main objects in \cite{DM} is the group $K=p^{-1} 
(I_{P'}{\cal D}_6)$, where $p$ is the natural projection of $G$ onto its 
holonomy group. It is known that the $P$-localization of $G$ coincides 
with the $P$-localization of $G/\gamma_3(K)$, where $\gamma_3(K)$ is the 
third term in the lower central series of $K$. As $G/\gamma_3(K)$ is 
finite in this example, we exactly know what this $P$-localization is. 
Let us now show, how GAP can be used to compute this $P$-localization in 
two cases:

\medskip
First case: The parameters are $(k_1,k_2,k_3,k_4)=(2,0,0,0)$
\beginexample
gap> G := AlmostCrystallographicPcpGroup(3, 17, [2,0,0,0] );
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 6, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> projection := NaturalHomomorphismOnHolonomyGroup( G );
[ g1, g2, g3, g4, g5 ] -> [ g1, g2, identity, identity, identity ]
gap> F := HolonomyGroup( G );
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 6 ]
gap> IPprimeD6 := Subgroup( F , [F.2^2] );
Pcp group with orders [ 3 ]
gap> K := PreImage( projection, IPprimeD6 );
Pcp group with orders [ 3, 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> PrintPcpPresentation( K );
pcp presentation on generators [ g2^2, g3, g4, g5 ]
g2^2 ^ 3 = identity
g3 ^ g2^2 = g3^-1*g4^-1
g3 ^ g2^2^-1 = g4*g5^-2
g4 ^ g2^2 = g3*g5^2
g4 ^ g2^2^-1 = g3^-1*g4^-1*g5^2
g4 ^ g3 = g4*g5^2
g4 ^ g3^-1 = g4*g5^-2
gap> Gamma3K := CommutatorSubgroup( K, CommutatorSubgroup( K, K ));
Pcp group with orders [ 0, 0, 0 ]
gap> quotient := G/Gamma3K;
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 6, 3, 3, 2 ]
gap> S := SylowSubgroup( quotient, 3);
Pcp group with orders [ 3, 3, 3 ]
gap> N := NormalClosure( quotient, S);
Pcp group with orders [ 3, 3, 3 ]
gap> localization := quotient/N;
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 2, 2 ]
gap> PrintPcpPresentation( localization );
pcp presentation on generators [ g1, g2, g3 ]
g1 ^ 2 = identity
g2 ^ 2 = identity
g3 ^ 2 = identity
\endexample
This shows that $G_P\cong \Z_2^3$.

\medskip

Second case: The parameters are $(k_1,k_2,k_3,k_4)=(2,0,0,1)$
\beginexample
gap> G := AlmostCrystallographicPcpGroup(3, 17, [2,0,0,1]);;
gap> projection := NaturalHomomorphismOnHolonomyGroup( G );;
gap> F := HolonomyGroup( G );;
gap> IPprimeD6 := Subgroup( F , [F.2^2] );;
gap> K := PreImage( projection, IPprimeD6 );;
gap> Gamma3K := CommutatorSubgroup( K, CommutatorSubgroup( K, K ));;
gap> quotient := G/Gamma3K;;
gap> S := SylowSubgroup( quotient, 3);;
gap> N := NormalClosure( quotient, S);;
gap> localization := quotient/N;
Pcp group with orders [ 2, 2, 2 ]
gap> PrintPcpPresentation( localization );
pcp presentation on generators [ g1, g2, g3 ]
g1 ^ 2 = identity
g2 ^ 2 = g3
g3 ^ 2 = identity
g2 ^ g1 = g2*g3
g2 ^ g1^-1 = g2*g3
\endexample

In this case, we see that $G_P={\cal D}_4$.

\medskip

The reader can check that these results coincide with those obtained in 
\cite{DM}. Note also that we used a somewhat different scheme to compute 
this localization than the one used in \cite{DM}. We invite the reader to
check the same computations, tracing exactly the steps made in \cite{DM}.


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