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Profinite completions of free-by-free groups contain everything

Group Theory 2023-12-12 v1

Abstract

Given an arbitrary, finitely presented, residually finite group Γ\Gamma, one can construct a finitely generated, residually finite, free-by-free group MΓ=FF4M_\Gamma = F_\infty\rtimes F_4 and an embedding MΓ(F4Γ)×F4M_\Gamma \hookrightarrow (F_4\ast \Gamma)\times F_4 that induces an isomorphism of profinite completions. In particular, there is a free-by-free group whose profinite completion contains Γ^\widehat{\Gamma} as a retract.

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@article{arxiv.2312.06539,
  title  = {Profinite completions of free-by-free groups contain everything},
  author = {Martin R. Bridson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.06539},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

3 page note. Final version. To appear in Quarterly Journal of Mathematics