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A remark on groups without finite quotients

Group Theory 2010-03-23 v3 Logic

Abstract

We notice that the class of nontrivial groups without proper subgroups of finite index is not elementary, because some groups in this class, such as QQ\mathbb Q*\mathbb Q, have ultrapowers that map homomorphically onto Z/pZ\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z for every prime pp. Also, some ultrapowers of certain simple groups map homomorphically onto Z/2Z\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z.

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@article{arxiv.0903.2536,
  title  = {A remark on groups without finite quotients},
  author = {Jakub Gismatullin and Alexey Muranov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.2536},
  year   = {2010}
}

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v3: 2 pages, completely rewritten, some remarks and 2 references removed, 1 reference added.

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