On profinite groups with the Magnus property

DOI10.1112/BLMS.70107MaRDI QIDQ6936542zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Claude Marion, Pavel Zalesskij

Publication date 29 August 2025

Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1112/BLMS.70107

zbMATH Keywords

inverse limitjust-infinite groupMagnus propertyprofinite completionprofinite grouppronilpotent groupprosolvable group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18)

Review text

A group \(G\) has the Magnus property (\textsf{MP}) if the normal closures of two elements coincide only when the elements are conjugate or inverse-conjugate. The stronger version (\textsf{SMP}) requires them to be conjugate. While the \textsf{MP} has classical roots in one-relator and free groups, recent interest has shifted to broader classes of groups, including profinite completions and direct products of free groups.\N\NThe paper under review initiates a systematic study of profinite groups with the Magnus property, extending known results for finite \textsf{MP} groups. The authors prove that a profinite group with the \textsf{MP} is necessarily prosolvable (Theorem 1.1) and that quotients and inverse limits of profinite \textsf{MP} groups retain the \textsf{MP} (Theorems 1.2 and 1.5). Among the consequences is that any finitely generated profinite \textsf{MP} group is finite (Theorem 1.6) and its order is divisible only by primes in \(\{2,3,5,7\}\) (Corollary 1.3). Furthermore, the second derived subgroup of any such group is pronilpotent (Corollary 1.4).\N\NCorollary 1.3 builds on results by \textit{M. Garonzi} and the first author [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 56, No. 10, 3114--3128 (2024; Zbl 1557.20008)], but interested readers may also consult [\textit{R. Gow}, J. Algebra 40, 280--299 (1976; Zbl 0348.20017); \textit{D. Chillag} and \textit{S. Dolfi}, J. Group Theory 13, No. 4, 535--548 (2010; Zbl 1203.20014)].

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