Hopficity of profinite completions of abelian groups
Group Theory
2026-07-21 v1
Abstract
We determine exactly when the profinite completion of an arbitrary abelian group is topologically Hopfian. For an abelian group , we prove that As a byproduct, we answer Problem 6.30 of the Kourovka Notebook in the negative: for pairwise distinct odd primes , the group is residually finite and Hopfian, whereas its profinite completion is not topologically Hopfian.
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@article{arxiv.2607.19193,
title = {Hopficity of profinite completions of abelian groups},
author = {M. Brescia and E. Ingrosso and M. Trombetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.19193},
year = {2026}
}
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5pp