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On the profinite rigidity of surface groups and surface words

Group Theory 2020-10-16 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Surface groups are determined among limit groups by their profinite completions. As a corollary, the set of surface words in a free group is closed in the profinite topology.

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@article{arxiv.2008.12100,
  title  = {On the profinite rigidity of surface groups and surface words},
  author = {Henry Wilton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.12100},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

6 pages, no figures. Version 2 incorporates referees suggestions. This is the final version accepted for publication

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