The pro-k-solvable topology on a free group

DOI10.1017/S1446788723000162MaRDI QIDQ6433739zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Claude Marion, Pedro V. Silva, Gareth M. Tracey

Publication date 20 April 2023

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s1446788723000162

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Other classes of groups defined by subgroup chains (20F22) Quasivarieties and varieties of groups (20E10)

Abstract: We prove that, given a finitely generated subgroup $H$ of a free group $F$, the following questions are decidable: is $H$ closed (dense) in $F$ for the pro-(met)abelian topology? is the closure of $H$ in $F$ for the pro-(met)abelian topology finitely generated? We show also that if the latter question has a positive answer, then we can effectively construct a basis for the closure, and the closure has decidable membership problem in any case. Moreover, it is decidable whether $H$ is closed for the pro-$$ topology when $$ is an equational pseudovariety of finite groups, such as the pseudovariety $$ of all finite solvable groups with derived length $leqk$. We also connect the pro-abelian topology with the topologies defined by abelian groups of bounded exponent.

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