Central series' and ($n$)-isoclinism of skew left braces

Abstract

The aim of this article is to advance the knowledge on the theory of skew left braces. We introduce a subclass of skew left braces, which we denote by $\mathcal{I}_n$, $n \ge 1$, such that elements of the annihilator and lower central series' interact `nicely' with respect to commutation. That allows us to define a concept of $n$-isoclinism of skew left braces in $\mathcal{I}_n$, by using a concept of brace commutator words, which we have introduced. We prove results on $1$-isoclinism (isoclinism) of skew left braces analogous to important results in group theory. For any two symmetric $n$-isoclinic skew left braces $A$ and $B$, we prove that, there exist skew left braces $C$ and $R$ such that both $A$ and $B$ are $n$-isoclinic to both $C$ and $R$ and (i) $A$ and $B$ are quotient skew left braces of $C$; (ii) $A$ and $B$ are sub-skew left braces of $R$. Connections between a skew left brace and the group which occurs as a natural semi-direct product of additive and multiplicative groups of the skew left brace are investigated, and it is proved that $n$-isoclinism is preserved from braces to groups. We also show that various nilpotency concepts on skew left braces are invariant under $n$-isoclinism.