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On locally finite \(p\)-groups and a problem of Philip Hall's
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    On locally finite \(p\)-groups and a problem of Philip Hall's (English)
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    18 September 1994
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    The authors give a new method of constructing complete locally finite \(p\)-groups. P. Hall was the first to ask if such groups exist, and it was soon noticed that they must be uncountable. In 1985 S. Thomas published the first example of a complete locally finite \(p\)-group. The construction given here has the advantage of not using any set theory beyond ZFC. In a second result the authors show how to construct \(2^{\lambda^ +}\) non-isomorphic complete universal locally finite groups of cardinality \(\lambda^ +\) for each infinite cardinal \(\lambda\) satisfying \(\lambda=\lambda^{\aleph_ 0}\). This extends previous work of MacIntyre and Shelah, Hicken and Thomas. Again no significant set theory is used. A noteworthy feature of the article is the introduction of torsion- complete wreath products. These lie between the restricted wreath product \(G\text{ wr }A\) and the unrestricted wreath product \(G \overline{\text{wr}} A\), where \(A\) is a separable abelian \(p\)-group.
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    complete locally finite \(p\)-groups
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    complete universal locally finite groups
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    torsion-complete wreath products
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    restricted wreath product
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    unrestricted wreath product
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    separable abelian \(p\)-group
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