we prove that the class of profinite groups $g$ that have a factorization $g=ab$ with $a$ and $b$ abelian closed subgroups, is closed under taking strict projective limits. this is a generalization of a recent result by k.h.~hofmann and f.g.~russo. as an application we reprove their generalization of iwasawa's structure theorem for quasihamiltonian pro-$p$ groups.

The purpose of this paper is to present a method for translating the problem of finding all maximal subgroups of finite groups into questions concerning groups that are nearly simple. (A finite group is called nearly simple if it has only one minimal normal subgroup and that it nonabelian and simple.) In view of the recently announced classification of all finite simple groups this seems to be ...

We propose a reformulation of general relativity by making the Abelian decomposition of Einstein’s theory. Based on the view that Einstein’s theory can be interpreted as a gauge theory of Lorentz group, we decompose the Einstein’s gravitational connection (the gauge potential of Lorentz group Γμ) into the restricted connection made of the potential of the maximal Abelian subgroup H of Lorentz g...

Is every locally compact abelian group which admits a symplectic self-duality isomorphic to the product of a locally compact abelian group and its Pontryagin dual? Several sufficient conditions, covering all the typical applications are found. Counterexamples are produced by studying a seemingly unrelated question about the structure of maximal isotropic subgroups of finite abelian groups with ...

The problem of enumeration of conjugacy classes of finite abelian subgroups of the mapping class group Mσ of a compact closed surface X of genus σ is considered. A complete method of enumeration is achieved for finite elementary abelian subgroups and steps are taken toward enumera-tion of finite abelian subgroups.

Deformations of maximal supergravity theories induced by gauging non-abelian subgroups of the duality group reveal the presence of charged M-theory degrees of freedom that are not necessarily contained in supergravity. The relation with Mtheory degrees of freedom is confirmed by the representation assignments under the duality group of the gauge charges and the ensuing vector and tensor gauge f...

We introduce a discrete deformation of Rieffel type for finite (quantum) groups. Using this, we give an example of a finite quantum group A of order 18 such that neither A nor its dual can be expressed as a crossed product of the form C(G1) ⋊τ G2 with G1 and G2 ordinary finite groups. We also give a deformation of finite groups of Lie type by using their maximal abelian subgroups.

The Iwasawa theory of CM fields has traditionally concerned modules that are abelian pro-p Galois groups with ramification allowed at a maximal set primes over p such the module is torsion. A main conjecture for an describes its codimension one support in terms p-adic L-function attached to ramification. In this paper, we study more general and potentially much smaller quotients exterior powers...

Given a non-abelian finite group G, let π(G) denote the set of prime divisors of the order of G and denote by Z(G) the center of G. The prime graph of G is the graph with vertex set π(G) where two distinct primes p and q are joined by an edge if and only if G contains an element of order pq and the non-commuting graph of G is the graph with the vertex set G−Z(G) where two non-central elements x...