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$p$-groups and the arithmetic of $p$
I cannot think of an example of a property of a $p$-group or a pro-$p$ group that depends on the arithmetic of the prime number $p$. To clarify l do not mean the size of $p$. Clearly lots of stuff ...
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Examples of uncountable abelian $p$-groups
Does anyone know of any interesting examples of an infinite abelian $p$-group which is uncountable?
By non-interesting here I mean the direct sums of cylic and quasi-cylic groups, and totally ...
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What can lattices tell us about lattices?
A general group-theoretic lattice is usually defined as something like
A discrete subgroup $\Gamma$ of a locally compact group $G$ is a lattice if the quotient $G/\Gamma$ carries a $G$-invariant ...
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Has the external knit product been used to construct a previously unknown group?
In the Wikipedia article
Zappa–Szép product
, the knit product (a.k.a. Zappa–Szép product, Zappa–Rédei-Szép product, general product, exact factorization) is defined, and its basic properties are laid ...
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The set of (property) elements of a locally compact group is closed
For which properties $(P)$ is the following statement known to be true?
In any locally compact group $G$, the elements of $G$ that satisfy $(P)$ form a closed subset of $G$. In other words, the ...