A tensor product approach to compute 2-nilpotent multiplier of p-groups

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a group given by a free presentation [Formula: see text]. The 2-nilpotent multiplier of [Formula: see text] is the abelian group [Formula: see text] which is invariant of [Formula: see text] [R. Baer, Representations of groups as quotient groups, I, II, and III, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 58 (1945) 295–419]. An effective approach to compute the 2-nilpotent multiplier of groups has been proposed by Burns and Ellis [On the nilpotent multipliers of a group, Math. Z. 226 (1997) 405–428], which is based on the nonabelian tensor product. We use this method to determine the explicit structure of [Formula: see text], when [Formula: see text] is a finite (generalized) extra special [Formula: see text]-group. Moreover, the descriptions of the triple tensor product [Formula: see text], and the triple exterior product [Formula: see text] are given.