On the structure of just infinite profinite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2010.07.034MaRDI QIDQ618247zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Colin D. Reid

Publication date 14 January 2011

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.1771

zbMATH Keywords

just infinite groupsopen normal subgroupsprofinite groupssubgroups of finite index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) Limits, profinite groups (20E18)

Abstract: A profinite group $G$ is just infinite if every closed normal subgroup of $G$ is of finite index. We prove that an infinite profinite group is just infinite if and only if, for every open subgroup $H$ of $G$, there are only finitely many open normal subgroups of $G$ not contained in $H$. This extends a result recently established by Barnea, Gavioli, Jaikin-Zapirain, Monti and Scoppola, who proved the same characterisation in the case of pro-$p$ groups. We also use this result to establish a number of features of the general structure of profinite groups with regard to the just infinite property.

Review text

\textit{Y. Barnea, N. Gavioli, A. Jaikin-Zapirain, V. Monti} and \textit{C. M. Scoppola} have proved [in J. Algebra 321, No. 2, 429-449 (2009; Zbl 1206.20030)] among others that an infinite pro-\(p\) group \(G\) is just infinite if and only if, for every open subgroup \(H\) of \(G\), there are only finitely many open normal subgroups of \(G\) not contained in \(H\). An infinite group is said to be just infinite if every non-trivial normal subgroup has finite index. In the paper under review this result is extended to (infinite) profinite groups. This allows the author to give characterizations of just infinite, and hereditarily just infinite groups. A group is said to be hereditarily just infinite if every open subgroup of it, including the group itself, is just infinite.

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