On conciseness of words in profinite groups.

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2016.02.003zbMATH Open1342.20032arXiv1507.03362OpenAlexW2963706757MaRDI QIDQ258169FDOQ258169

Authors: Eloisa Detomi, Marta Morigi, Pavel Shumyatsky 

Publication date: 17 March 2016

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let w be a group word. It is conjectured that if w has only countably many values in a profinite group G, then the verbal subgroup w(G) is finite. In the present paper we confirm the conjecture in the cases where w is a multilinear commutator word, or the word x^2, or the word [x^2,y].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03362

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zbMATH Keywords

multilinear commutator wordsprofinite groupsverbal subgroup

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Limits, profinite groups (20E18) Commutator calculus (20F12)

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