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Krull-Schmidt Theorem for small profinite groups

Group Theory 2024-12-11 v1

Abstract

We prove that every small profinite group can be decomposed into a direct product of indecomposable profinite groups, and that such a decomposition is unique up to order and isomorphisms of the components. We also investigate the cancellation property of some free pro-C\mathcal{C} groups, and give a new criterion for a profinite group to be small.

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@article{arxiv.2412.07699,
  title  = {Krull-Schmidt Theorem for small profinite groups},
  author = {Tamar Bar-On and Nikolay Nikolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.07699},
  year   = {2024}
}
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