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The pro-nilpotent group topology on a free group

Group Theory 2017-03-24 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we work on the pro-nilpotent group topology of a free group. First we investigate the closure of the product of finitely many subgroups of a free group in the pro-nilpotent group topology. We present an algorithm for the calculation of the closure in the pro-nilpotent group topology of the product of finitely many finitely generated subgroups of a free group. Then we deduce that the nil-closure of a rational subset is computable. We also prove that the pseudovarieties V malcev G_nil, for every decidable pseudovariety of monoids V, and J * G_nil are decidable.

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@article{arxiv.1511.01947,
  title  = {The pro-nilpotent group topology on a free group},
  author = {J. Almeida and M. H. Shahzamanian and B. Steinberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01947},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Restructured following, in part, suggestions of the referee