English

Infinite groups almost all of whose elements are prime powers

Group Theory 2017-04-06 v2

Abstract

For every prime pp, we construct an infinite countable group that contains precisely p1p-1 elements which are not ppth powers.

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@article{arxiv.1702.01378,
  title  = {Infinite groups almost all of whose elements are prime powers},
  author = {S. V. Ivanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01378},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

This note is withdrawn because a simpler construction of such groups, due to Peter Palfy, can be done by using iterated free products with amalgamation

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