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arxiv: 1902.00840 · v1 · pith:WX36LC5Knew · submitted 2019-02-03 · 🧮 math.GN · math.FA· math.GR

SSGP topologies on free groups of infinite rank

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We prove that every free group G with infinitely many generators admits a Hausdorff group topology T with the following property: for every T-open neighbourhood U of the identity of G, each element g in G can be represented as a product g=g_1 g_2 ... g_k such that the cyclic group generated by each g_i is contained in U. In particular, G admits a Hausdorff group topology with the small subgroup generating property of Gould. This provides a positive answer to a question of Comfort and Gould in the case of free groups with infinitely many generators. The case of free groups with finitely many generators remains open.

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