English

Groups with the same cohomology as their pro-$p$ completions

Group Theory 2010-09-16 v3 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

For any prime pp and group GG, denote the pro-pp completion of GG by G^p\hat{G}^p. Let C\mathcal{C} be the class of all groups GG such that, for each natural number nn and prime number pp, Hn(Gp^,Z/p)Hn(G,Z/p)H^n(\hat{G^p},\mathbb Z/p)\cong H^n(G, \mathbb Z/p), where Z/p\mathbb Z/p is viewed as a discrete, trivial G^p\hat{G}^p-module. In this article we identify certain kinds of groups that lie in C\mathcal{C}. In particular, we show that right-angled Artin groups are in C\mathcal{C} and that this class also contains some special types of free products with amalgamation.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0809.3046,
  title  = {Groups with the same cohomology as their pro-$p$ completions},
  author = {Karl Lorensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.3046},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

The revisions in the second version pertain to the exposition: the proof of Prop. 1.1, in particular, now includes more details. The third version includes a proof that right-angled Artin groups are residually $p$-finite for every prime $p$

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