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A group associated to a pair of integers $(k,p)$ where $p$ is a prime number

Let $k\in \mathbb{N}$ be a natural number and $p$ be a prime number. We denote by $U(p)=\{1,2,\ldots,p-1\}$ the mod $-p$ multiplicative group.Then we have a natural group homomorphism: $\phi:\mathbb{Z}\to U(p)$ which is the unique extention of semi group homomorphism $n\mapsto k^n \;(\mod p)$ defined on semigroup of non negative integers.

Question: Is there a group $G$ containing $U(p)$ such that we have an extention $\psi:\mathbb{Q} \to G$ of $\phi$?

If the answer is yes, is there a universal group $G(k,p)$ with the following property:

There is an extention $\psi_{k,p}:\mathbb{Q} \to G_{k,p}$ of $\phi$. Moreover for any other extention $\alpha :\mathbb{Q} \to H\supset U(p)$ of $\phi$, there is a group homomorphism $\beta: G_{k,p} \to H$ with $\alpha =\beta \circ \psi_{k,p}$?

Ali Taghavi
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