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On D. I. Moldavanskii's question about $p$-separable subgroups of a free group

Group Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We prove that every nonabelian free group has a finitely generated isolated subgroup which is not separable in the class of nilpotent groups. This enables us to give a negative answer to the following question by D.I. Moldavanskii in the "Kourovka Notebook": Is it true that any finitely generated pp'--isolated subgroup of a free group is separable in the class of finite pp--groups?

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@article{arxiv.math/0404292,
  title  = {On D. I. Moldavanskii's question about $p$-separable subgroups of a free group},
  author = {Valerij G. Bardakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0404292},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, to appear in Siberian Mathematical Journal