Ordinals arising as residual finiteness depths
Group Theory
2025-06-03 v2
Abstract
For every natural number , there exist finitely presented groups with residual finiteness depths and . The ordinals that arise as the residual finiteness depth of a finitely generated group (equivalently, a countable group) are , the countable limit ordinals, and the successors of these limit ordinals.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.07757,
title = {Ordinals arising as residual finiteness depths},
author = {Martin R. Bridson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.07757},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
12 pages, no figures. Final accepted version. To appear in Revista Matem\'atica Iberoamericana