Twisted conjugacy classes in unitriangular groups

Abstract

Let $R$ be an integral domain of zero characteristic. In this note we study the Reidemeister spectrum of the group ${\rm UT}_n(R)$ of unitriangular matrices over $R$. We prove that if $R^+$ is finitely generated and $n>2|R^*|$, then ${\rm UT}_n(R)$ possesses the $R_{\infty}$-property, i. e. the Reidemeister spectrum of ${\rm UT}_n(R)$ contains only $\infty$, however, if $n\leq|R^*|$, then the Reidemeister spectrum of ${\rm UT}_n(R)$ has nonempty intersection with $\mathbb{N}$. If $R$ is a field, then we prove that the Reidemeister spectrum of ${\rm UT}_n(R)$ coincides with $\{1,\infty\}$, i. e. in this case ${\rm UT}_n(R)$ does not possess the $R_{\infty}$-property.