The profinite completion of certain residually-finite p-groups (Q1057984)
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The profinite completion of certain residually-finite p-groups (English)
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1985
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It is proved that the profinite completions of the residually finite p- groups constructed by \textit{N. Gupta} and \textit{S. Sidki} [Math. Z. 182, 385-388 (1983; Zbl 0513.20024)] are not torsion groups.
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Burnside problem
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Kourovka Notebook
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compact torsion group
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profinite completions
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residually finite p-groups
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