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A simple construction of infinite finitely generated torsion groups

Group Theory 2023-06-02 v3

Abstract

The goal of this note is to provide yet another proof of the following theorem of Golod: there exists an infinite finitely generated group GG such that every element of GG has finite order. Our proof is based on the Nielsen-Schreier index formula and is simple enough to be included in a standard group theory course.

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@article{arxiv.2211.09989,
  title  = {A simple construction of infinite finitely generated torsion groups},
  author = {D. Osin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.09989},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

The idea of the proof is not really original. The paper is written for expository purposes