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Existentially closed locally cofinite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Felix Leinen
Felix Leinen
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Fachbereich 17-MathematikJohannes Gutenberg-UniversitätSaarstr. 21D-6500 Mainz, Germany
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Let be a class of finite groups. Then a c-group shall be a topological group which has a fundamental system of open neighbourhoods of the identity consisting of normal subgroups with -factor groups and trivial intersection. In this note we study groups which are existentially closed (e.c.) with respect to the class Lc of all direct limits of c-groups (where satisfies certain closure properties). We show that the so-called locally closed normal subgroups of an e.c. Lc-group are totally ordered via inclusion. Moreover it turns out that every ∀2-sentence, which is true for countable e.c. L-groups, also holds for e.c. Lc-groups. This allows it to transfer many known properties from e.c. L-groups to e.c. Lc-groups.

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Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 233 - 253
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1992

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