On the uniqueness of the smallest embedding cover
Group Theory
2025-09-17 v1
Abstract
Using group theoretic methods only, we prove the uniqueness of the smallest embedding cover of a profinite group, Problem 36.2.25 of Field Arithmetic, 4th edition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.12766,
title = {On the uniqueness of the smallest embedding cover},
author = {Dan Haran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.12766},
year = {2025}
}