On the closure of cyclic subgroups of a free group in pro-V topologies

Abstract: We determine the closure of a cyclic subgroup

H

of a free group for the pro-{�f V} topology when {�f V} is an extension-closed pseudovariety of finite groups. We show that

H

is always closed for the pro-nilpotent topology and compute its closure for the pro-

m a t h b f G_{p}

and pro-

m a t h b f V_{p}

topologies, where

m a t h b f G_{p}

and

m a t h b f V_{p}

denote respectively the pseudovariety of finite

p

-groups and the pseudovariety of finite groups having a normal Sylow

p

-subgroup with quotient an abelian group of exponent dividing

p - 1

. More generally, given any nonempty set

P

of primes, we consider the pseudovariety

m a t h b f G_{P}

of all finite groups having order a product of primes in

P

.

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