Schur multiplier and Schur covers of relative Rota-Baxter groups
Pragya Belwal, Nishant Rathee, Mahender Singh
TL;DR
This work extends extension theory and low-dimensional cohomology to relative Rota-Baxter groups, establishing a Hochschild–Serre type exact sequence for central extensions and defining the Schur multiplier $M_{RRB}(\mathcal{A})$ with exponent dividing $|A||B|$ in the finite case. It develops a comprehensive cohomology framework for relative RRB groups, shows a bijection between second cohomology and central extensions, and links this to the cohomology of the induced skew left braces. The authors introduce weak isoclinism and Schur covers for relative RRB groups, proving existence and a weak isoclinism classification for finite bijective cases, aligning with analogous results for skew left braces. The results unify and generalize recent findings in skew left braces and offer tools for bijective YBE solutions via relative RRB groups.
Abstract
Relative Rota-Baxter groups are generalizations of Rota-Baxter groups and share a close connection with skew left braces. These structures are well-known for offering bijective non-degenerate set-theoretical solutions to the Yang-Baxter equation. This paper builds upon the recently introduced extension theory and low-dimensional cohomology of relative Rota-Baxter groups. We prove an analogue of the Hochschild-Serre exact sequence for central extensions of relative Rota-Baxter groups. We introduce the Schur multiplier $M_{RRB}(\mathcal{A})$ of a relative Rota-Baxter group $\mathcal{A} =(A,B,β,T)$, and prove that the exponent of $M_{RRB}(\mathcal{A})$ divides $|A||B|$ when $\mathcal{A}$ is finite. We define weak isoclinism of relative Rota-Baxter groups, introduce their Schur covers, and prove that any two Schur covers of a finite bijective relative Rota-Baxter group are weakly isoclinic. The results align with recent results of Letourmy and Vendramin for skew left braces.
