English

On the congruence subgroup problem for branch groups

Group Theory 2016-10-19 v2

Abstract

We answer a question of Bartholdi, Siegenthaler and Zalesskii, showing that the congruence subgroup problem for branch groups is independent of the branch action on a tree. We prove that the congruence topology of a branch group is determined by the group; specifically, by its structure graph, an object first introduced by Wilson. We also give a more natural definition of this graph.

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@article{arxiv.1405.3237,
  title  = {On the congruence subgroup problem for branch groups},
  author = {Alejandra Garrido},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3237},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

9 pages, no figures; minor changes in accordance with referee report, exposition improved

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