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Subgroups of profinite surface groups

Group Theory 2010-11-08 v1

Abstract

We study the subgroup structure of the \'etale fundamental group Π\Pi of a projective curve over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. We obtain an analog of the diamond theorem for Π\Pi. As a consequence we show that most normal subgroups of infinite index are semi-free. In particular every proper open subgroup of a normal subgroup of infinite index is semi-free.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1419,
  title  = {Subgroups of profinite surface groups},
  author = {Lior Bary-Soroker and Katherine F. Stevenson and Pavel Zalesskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1419},
  year   = {2010}
}
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