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The Chabauty space of $\mathbb{Q}_p^\times$

General Topology 2021-03-10 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let C(G)\mathcal{C}(G) denote the Chabauty space of closed subgroups of the locally compact group GG. In this paper, we first prove that C(Qp×)\mathcal{C} (\mathbb{Q}_p^\times) is a proper compactification of N\mathbb{N}, identified with the set NN of open subgroups with finite index. Then we identify the space C(Qp×)N\mathcal{C}(\mathbb{Q}_p^\times) \smallsetminus N up to homeomorphism: e.g. for p=2p=2, it is the Cantor space on which 2 copies of N\overline{\mathbb{N}} (the 1-point compactification of N\mathbb{N}) are glued.

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@article{arxiv.1910.13044,
  title  = {The Chabauty space of $\mathbb{Q}_p^\times$},
  author = {Antoine Bourquin and Alain Valette},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.13044},
  year   = {2021}
}