On profinite groups in which centralizers have bounded rank

Finite groups have even more centralizers

For a finite group $G$‎, ‎let $Cent(G)$ denote the set of centralizers of single elements of $G$‎. ‎In this note we prove that if $|G|leq frac{3}{2}|Cent(G)|$ and $G$ is 2-nilpotent‎, ‎then $Gcong S_3‎, ‎D_{10}$ or $S_3times S_3$‎. ‎This result gives a partial and positive answer to a conjecture raised by A‎. ‎R‎. ‎Ashrafi [On finite groups with a given number of centralizers‎, ‎Algebra‎ ‎Collo...

Finite Groups Have Local Non -schur Centralizers

ON FREE PROFINITE GROUPS OF UNCOUNTABLE RANK∗ by

finite groups have even more centralizers

for a finite group $g$‎, ‎let $cent(g)$ denote the set of centralizers of single elements of $g$‎. ‎in this note we prove that if $|g|leq frac{3}{2}|cent(g)|$ and $g$ is 2-nilpotent‎, ‎then $gcong s_3‎, ‎d_{10}$ or $s_3times s_3$‎. ‎this result gives a partial and positive answer to a conjecture raised by a‎. ‎r‎. ‎ashrafi [on finite groups with a given number of centralizers‎, ‎algebra‎ ‎collo...

Profinite Groups

γ = c0 + c1p+ c2p + · · · = (. . . c3c2c1c0)p, with ci ∈ Z, 0 ≤ ci ≤ p− 1, called the digits of γ. This ring has a topology given by a restriction of the product topology—we will see this below. The ring Zp can be viewed as Z/pZ for an ‘infinitely high’ power n. This is a useful idea, for example, in the study of Diophantine equations: if such an equation has a solution in the integers, then it...