Finite rank and pseudofinite groups

DOI10.1515/JGTH-2018-0007zbMATH Open1425.20002arXiv1711.01881OpenAlexW2963401912WikidataQ129987511 ScholiaQ129987511MaRDI QIDQ721696FDOQ721696

Authors: D. Palacín 

Publication date: 19 July 2018

Published in: Journal of Group Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is proven that an infinite finitely generated group cannot be elementarily equivalent to an ultraproduct of finite groups of a given Pr"ufer rank. Furthermore, it is shown that an infinite finitely generated group of finite Pr"ufer rank is not pseudofinite.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01881

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zbMATH Keywords

ultraproductfirst-order theorypseudofinite groupPrüfer rank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model-theoretic algebra (03C60) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects) (20F10) Ultraproducts and related constructions (03C20) Applications of logic to group theory (20A15)

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