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Abelian state-closed subgroups of automorphisms of m-ary trees

Group Theory 2009-10-23 v2

Abstract

The group A_{m} of automophisms of a one-rooted m-ary tree admits a diagonal monomorphism which we denote by x. Let A be an abelian state-closed (or self-similar) subgroup of A_{m}. We prove that the combined diagonal and tree-topological closure A* of A is additively a finitely presented Z_m [[x]]-module where Z_m is the ring of m-adic integers. Moreover, if A* is torsion-free then it is a finitely generated pro-m group. The group A splits over its torsion subgroup. We study in detail the case where A* corresponds to a cyclic Z_m[[x]]-module and when m is a prime number, we show A* to be conjugate by a tree automorphism to one of two specific types of groups.

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@article{arxiv.0906.3450,
  title  = {Abelian state-closed subgroups of automorphisms of m-ary trees},
  author = {Andrew M. Brunner and Said N. Sidki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3450},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages