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On profinite groups with positive rank gradient

Group Theory 2022-01-13 v3

Abstract

We prove that a profinite group GG with positive rank gradient does not satisfy a group law. In the case when GG is a pro-pp group we show that GG contains a nonabelian dense free subgroup.

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@article{arxiv.2104.09094,
  title  = {On profinite groups with positive rank gradient},
  author = {Nikolay Nikolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09094},
  year   = {2022}
}

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To appear in Revista Matem\'atica Iberoamericana

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