Profinite groups with few conjugacy classes of elements of infinite order

2022/09/29 by John S. Wilson, Wilson, John S.
Mathematics · #20E18 #20E45 #FOS: Mathematics #Finite Group Theory Research #Geometric and Algebraic Topology #Group Theory (math.GR) #Rings, Modules, and Algebras

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2209.14753

openalex publication_date 2022/09/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

It is proved that every finitely generated profinite group with fewer than 2^ℵ₀ conjugacy classes of elements of infinite order is finite

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