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Hausdorff dimensions in $p$-adic analytic groups

Group Theory 2019-02-26 v3

Abstract

Let GG be a finitely generated pro-pp group, equipped with the pp-power series. The associated metric and Hausdorff dimension function give rise to the Hausdorff spectrum, which consists of the Hausdorff dimensions of closed subgroups of GG. In the case where GG is pp-adic analytic, the Hausdorff dimension function is well understood; in particular, the Hausdorff spectrum consists of finitely many rational numbers closely linked to the analytic dimensions of subgroups of GG. Conversely, it is a long-standing open question whether the finiteness of the Hausdorff spectrum implies that GG is pp-adic analytic. We prove that the answer is yes, in a strong sense, under the extra condition that GG is soluble. Furthermore, we explore the problem and related questions also for other filtration series, such as the lower pp-series, the Frattini series, the modular dimension subgroup series and quite general filtration series. For instance, we prove, for odd primes pp, that every countably based pro-pp group GG with an open subgroup mapping onto 2 copies of the pp-adic integers admits a filtration series such that the corresponding Hausdorff spectrum contains an infinite real interval.

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@article{arxiv.1702.06789,
  title  = {Hausdorff dimensions in $p$-adic analytic groups},
  author = {Benjamin Klopsch and Anitha Thillaisundaram and Amaia Zugadi-Reizabal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06789},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

16 pages, typos corrected, to appear in Israel J. Math

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