On endomorphisms of profinite groups

Details On endomorphisms of profinite groups On endomorphisms of profinite groups

2011-12-16

arxiv.org/abs/1112.3916v1

Mathematics

Group Theory

8 pages

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We obtain some general restrictions on the continuous endomorphisms of a profinite group G under the assumption that G has only finitely many open subgroups of each index (an assumption which automatically holds, for instance, if G is finitely generated). In particular, given such a group G and a continuous endomorphism phi we obtain a semidirect decomposition of G into a 'contracting' normal subgroup and a complement on which phi induces an automorphism; both the normal subgroup and the complement are closed. If G is isomorphic to a proper open subgroup of itself, we show that G has an infinite abelian normal pro-p subgroup.

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