Extending partial automorphisms and the profinite topology on free groups

  • Herwig B
  • Lascar D
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A class of structures $\mathcal C$ is said to have the extension property for partial automorpisms (EPPA) if, whenever $C_1$ and $C_2$ are structures in $\mathcal C$, $C_1$ finite, $C_1\subseteq C_2$, and $p_1$, $p_2$, $...$, $p_n$ are partial automorphisms of $C_1$ extending to automorphisms of $C_2$, then there exist a finite structure $C_3$ in $\mathcal C$ and automorphismus $\alpha_1$, $\alpha_2$, ... ,$\alpha_n$ of $C_3$ extending the $p_i$. We will prove that some classes of structures have the EPPA and show the equivalence of these kinds of results with problems related with the profinite topology on free groups. In particular, we will give a generalisation of the theorem, due to Ribes and Zalesskiì stating that a finite product of finitely generated subgroups is closed for this topology.

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Herwig, B., & Lascar, D. (1999). Extending partial automorphisms and the profinite topology on free groups. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 352(5), 1985–2021. https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9947-99-02374-0

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