Golod-Shafarevich groups with property \((T)\) and Kac-Moody groups. (Q955157)

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Golod-Shafarevich groups with property \((T)\) and Kac-Moody groups.
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    Golod-Shafarevich groups with property \((T)\) and Kac-Moody groups. (English)
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    18 November 2008
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    A pro-\(p\) group \(G\) is called Golod-Shafarevich if it has a pro-\(p\) presentation satisfying a certain condition which guarantees that \(G\) is infinite. Such groups appear as Galois groups and also in 3-dimensional geometry. The main result is that for every sufficiently large prime \(p\) there is a finitely generated group with \(T\)-propertry whose pro-\(p\) completion is Golod-Shafarevich. This refutes a recent conjecture of Zelmanov.
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    T-property
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    Golod-Shafarevich condition
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    Golod-Shafarevich groups
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    pro-\(p\) groups
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    pro-\(p\) presentations
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    pro-\(p\) completions
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