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Subgroups of free proalgebraic groups and Matzat's conjecture for function fields

Group Theory 2021-02-05 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We show that a closed finite index subgroup of a free proalgebraic group is itself a free proalgebraic group. Our main motivation for this result is an application in differential Galois theory: The absolute differential Galois group of a one-variable function field is a free proalgebraic group.

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@article{arxiv.2102.02553,
  title  = {Subgroups of free proalgebraic groups and Matzat's conjecture for function fields},
  author = {Michael Wibmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.02553},
  year   = {2021}
}

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14 pages

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