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Which elements in $\mathrm{Aut}(\widehat{F_2})$ preserve the procyclic subgroup generated by the commutator $c=[a,b]$?
Let $F_2$ denote the free group over two generators $a,b$, and we denote $c=[a,b]$ as the commutator. It is well-known that any automorphism $\psi$ of $F_2$ preserves the conjugacy class of the ...
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A question about coprime automorphisms of profinite groups
Let $p$ a prime. A finite group is a $p'$-group if its order is prime to $p$. Let $A$ be a finite $p'$-group of automorphisms of a finite $p$-group $G$. Suppose that $A$ is a non-cyclic abelian group. ...
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$p'$-automorphisms of pro-$p$ groups
Let $p$ be a prime and $G$ be a finitely generated pro-$p$ group admitting a continuous automorphism $\phi$ of finite order relatively prime to $p$. Let $\Phi(G)$ denote the Frattini subgroup of $G$. ...
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Finite quotients of $p$-adic congruence subgroups of $\operatorname{SL}_2$
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}$Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $ \SL^1_2(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ denote the kernel of the natrual surjective morphism $\SL_2(\mathbb{Z}_p)\rightarrow \SL_2(\mathbb{Z}_p/p\mathbb{...
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Endo reversible words
Let $w$ be a word in free group $F$ on finitely many generators. We will look at $w$ as word map on groups. It is clear that there exists an endomorphism $\phi$ of $F$ such that $\phi(w) = w^{-1}$ if ...
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Infinite pro-$p$ group of finite solvable length and finite coclass
I was reading about infinite pro-$p$ groups of finite coclass from the book "The Structure of Groups of Prime Power Order" by Leedham-Green and McKay. I asked this question in math....
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No lifts in an exact sequence of profinite groups?
In pg. 24 of his book on Galois cohomology, Serre gives the following exercise:
"Give an example of an extension $1 \to P \to E \to G \to 1$ of profinite groups with the following properties:
(i) $...
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subgroups of $\mathrm{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Z}_2)$ whose mod-2 image is the symmetric group
Let $G \subseteq \mathrm{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Z}_2)$ be a closed subgroup of the symplectic group over the $2$-adic integers whose image under the mod-$2$ homomorphism $\pi : \mathrm{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Z}_2)...
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Subgroups and quotients of an abelian pro-finite group
It is well known that every subgroup $H$ of a finite abelian group $G$ is isomorphic to a quotient of $G$.
I'm wondering whether there is a counterpart for profinite groups.
For example is it true ...
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Finite Homomorphic images of infinite products of finite solvable groups
I conjecture that:
Every Finite Homomorphic image of an infinite (with arbitrary cardinality) product of finite solvable groups is solvable -- or at least Not a simple (non-abelian) group.
I can ...
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Finite groups: equations with many solutions
Let $\omega$ be a word in the free group on generators $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n,g_1,g_2,\ldots,g_k$, where $n>0$ and $k\geq 0$. For any finite group $G$ and elements $g_1,g_2,\ldots g_k$ in $G$ we ...
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Is the Frattini subgroup of a free profinite group trivial?
Let $\widehat{F_2}$ be the free profinite group of rank 2. Is its Frattini subgroup $\Phi(\widehat{F_2})$ trivial?
I know that the Frattini subgroup of a pro-$p$ group is open. On the other hand, the ...
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Salvaging Howson's theorem for free profinite groups
This is an attempt to find a correct version of Do free profinite groups satisfy Howson's theorem?
Let $F$ be a free profinite group, and let $A,B \leq F$ be closed finitely generated subgroups ...
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Finite quotients of an infinite product of finite groups
Let $G$ be a finite group.
Consider the direct product $\Gamma=\prod_{i=1}^{\infty}G$ of (countably) infinitely many copies of $G$. For every finite set of numbers $\{i_1,\ldots,i_n\}$ we have the ...
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Subgroups of powers of the alternating group on 5 elements
Definition: Let $G$ be a group, and let $H \leq G$ be a subgroup. We say that $H$ is big in $G$ if for every intermediate subgroup $H \leq L \leq G$ there exists some $x \in L$ such that $\langle H \...
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Is there a better rank bound for fibered products?
Let $G$ be a profinite group of rank $d \geq 2015$, which is a fibered product of two groups of rank at most $2$. That is, there exist closed normal subgroups $N_1, N_2 \lhd_c G$ with $N_1 \cap N_2 = \...
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Improvements of the Reidemeister-Schreier index formula for particular classes of groups
I have a couple of questions regarding possible improvements of the Reidemeister-Schreier index formula: let $G$ be a $d$-generated group and let $H$ be a subgroup of $G$, then
$$d(H) \le (d-1) \...
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Measuring products of finitely generated subgroups of free groups
Let $F$ be a finitely generated free group, $H_1, \dots, H_n$ finitely generated subgroups of infinite index in $F$, and $\epsilon > 0$. Must there be an epimorphism to a finite group $\phi \colon ...
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Can a positive measure subset of a free group be nowhere dense?
Let $F$ be a finitely generated free group and let $S \subseteq F$ be a subset for which there is some $\epsilon > 0$ such that for any epimorphism to a finite group $\phi \colon F \to G$ we have ...
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Is there a nontrivial profinite word which is trivial in any group with at most d generators?
Let $F$ be a free profinite group of rank $\aleph_0$, and let $d \in \mathbb{N}$.
Let $N_d \lhd_c F$ be the intersection of all open normal subgroups $L \lhd_o F$ for which $F/L$ can be generated by ...
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Thin profinite groups - nonabelian analogues of p-adic integers
Let $p$ be a prime number, $S = C_p$ a cyclic group of order $p$, $G = \mathbb{Z}_p$ the profinite additive group of $p$-adic integers. It is well known that all the closed nontrivial subgroups of $G$ ...
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An epimorphism into a profinite group
Let $p$ be an odd prime number, $G$ a finitely generated nonabelian profinite group, $L \lhd_o G$ a pro-$p$ group with $[G : L] = 2$. Suppose that there is a continuous surjection from $G$ onto a free ...
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Dense free subgroups
Let $F$ be a free pro-$p$ group (for a prime number $p$) on a finite set $X$, $\Phi$ the abstract subgroup generated by $X$, $\{1\} \neq N \lhd_c F$. Is it possible that $\Phi \cap N = \{1\}$?
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Lower central series in a free pro-p group
Let $F$ be a nonabelian finitely generated free pro-$p$ group, $H \leq_c F$ of infinite index. Denote by $\{F_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ the lower central series of $F$, and set $r_n = [F : F_nH]$.
Is ...
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A bound on the size of the center
Let $p$ be a prime number, $F$ a free pro-$p$ group, $H \leq_c F$ of infinite index. Can it be that $$\sup_{N \lhd_o F} |Z((F/N)/C_{F/N}(HN/N))| < \infty ?$$
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Making a profinite group free
Let $F$ be a free profinite group, $G$ a profinite group. Suppose that the free profinite product $F \amalg G$ is a free profinite group. Must $G$ be a free profinite group?
For abstract groups the ...
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Generators of Sylow subgroups
Is there a function $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that for each finite supersolvable group $G$, and a Sylow subgroup $S \leq G$ we have $d(S) \leq f(d(G))$?
Here $d(H)$ denotes the ...
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Profinite groups, completions, and Schreier's formula
Let $G$ be a finitely generated profinite group, and $H \leq_o G$. We say that $H$ satisfies Schreier's formula in $G$ if $d(H) - 1 = (d(G)-1)[G:H]$. We say that $G$ satisfies Schreier's formula if ...
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Profinite completions
I call a profinite group $G$ Noetherian, if evrey ascending chain of closed subgroups is eventually stable. A standart argument shows that every closed subgroup of a Noetherian profinite group is ...
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Coprime automorphisms of finitely generated pro-$p$ groups
Let $P$ be a finitely generated pro-$p$ group and let $G$ be a semidirect product $P \rtimes A$, where $A$ is a finite group of order coprime to $p$ that acts faithfully on $P$. Then one can show ...
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Automorphisms of profinite groups
Let $d,n \in \mathbb{N}$, and $p$ a prime number. Let $F$ be a free pro-$p$ group on $d$ generators. Is there an automorphism of $F$ of order $n$?
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Normal Subgroup Growth
Let $F$ be a free group on $d$ generators.
Denote by $F_{k}$ the $k$-th term in $F$'s derived series. Put $G = F/F_k$. What is the normal subgroup growth of $G$?
Explicitly, for each natural number $...
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Homomorphic images of a Cartesian product of finite groups
What can be said about the class of groups which can be represented as a homomorphic image of an (infinite) Cartesian product (=unrestricted direct product) of finite groups? What would be simple ...
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Is a profinite group with a finite number of simple quotients and Jordan-Hölder factors finitely generated?
Assume $G$ is a profinite group such that the Jordan-Hölder factors appearing in the finite quotients vary in a finite number of isomorphism classes of simple groups. Assume also $G$ to have a finite ...
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