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On discrete homology of a free pro-$p$-group

Group Theory 2019-02-20 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

For a prime pp, let F^p\hat F_p be a finitely generated free pro-pp-group of rank 2\geq 2. We show that the second discrete homology group H2(F^p,Z/p)H_2(\hat F_p,\mathbb Z/p) is an uncountable Z/p\mathbb Z/p-vector space. This answers a problem of A.K. Bousfield.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09131,
  title  = {On discrete homology of a free pro-$p$-group},
  author = {Sergei O. Ivanov and Roman Mikhailov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09131},
  year   = {2019}
}