Profinite completion of groups #
We define the profinite completion of a group as the limit of its finite quotients, and prove its universal property.
An open normal subgroup of a compact topological group has finite index.
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An open normal additive subgroup of a compact topological additive group has finite index.
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The diagram of finite quotients indexed by finite-index normal subgroups of G.
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The finite-quotient diagram viewed in ProfiniteGrp.
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The profinite completion of G as a projective limit.
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The canonical map from G to its profinite completion, as a function.
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The canonical morphism from G to its profinite completion.
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The preimage of an open normal subgroup under a morphism to a profinite group.
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The induced map on finite quotients coming from a morphism to P.
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The universal morphism from the profinite completion to P.
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The profinite completion functor.
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The hom-set equivalence exhibiting the adjunction.
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The profinite completion is left adjoint to the forgetful functor.