The congruence subgroup problem for branch groups

Details The congruence subgroup problem for branch groups The congruence subgroup problem for branch groups

2009-02-18

arxiv.org/abs/0902.3220v1

Isr. J. Math. 187 (2012) 419--450

Mathematics

Group Theory

22 pages, no figure

Scientific paper

10.1007/s11856-011-0086-5

We state and study the congruence subgroup problem for groups acting on rooted tree, and for branch groups in particular. The problem is reduced to the computation of the congruence kernel, which we split into two parts: the branch kernel and the rigid kernel. In the case of regular branch groups, we prove that the first one is Abelian while the second has finite exponent. We also establish some rigidity results concerning these kernels. We work out explicitly known and new examples of non-trivial congruence kernels, describing in each case the group action. The Hanoi tower group receives particular attention due to its surprisingly rich behaviour.

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