Galois-theoretic features for 1-smooth pro-p groups

Abstract: Let

p

be a prime. A pro-

p

group

G

is said to be 1-smooth if it can be endowed with a continuous representation

h e t a c o l o n G o m a t h r m {G L}_{1} (m a t h b b Z_{p})

such that every open subgroup

H

of

G

, together with the restriction

h e t a v e r t_{H}

, satisfies a formal version of Hilbert 90. We prove that every 1-smooth pro-

p

group contains a unique maximal closed abelian normal subgroup, in analogy with a result by Engler and Koenigsmann on maximal pro-

p

Galois groups of fields, and that if a 1-smooth pro-

p

group is solvable, then it is locally uniformly powerful, in analogy with a result by Ware on maximal pro-

p

Galois groups of fields. Finally we ask whether 1-smooth pro-

p

groups satisfy a "Tits' alternative".

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