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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 AA, we prove that A^ is topologically HopfianA/pA is finite for every prime p. \widehat A \text{ is topologically Hopfian} \quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad A/pA \text{ is finite for every prime }p. As a byproduct, we answer Problem 6.30 of the Kourovka Notebook in the negative: for pairwise distinct odd primes qiq_i, the group i1Z[1/qi]\bigoplus_{i\geq1}\Z[1/q_i] 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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