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.

Attempts to separate the power of classical and quantum models of computation have a long history. The ultimate goal is to find exponential separations for computational problems. However, such separations do not come a dime a dozen: while there were some early successes in the form of hidden subgroup problems for abelian groups– which generalize Shor’s factoring algorithm perhaps most faithful...

it was shown in [a. azimifard, e. samei, n. spronk, jfa 256 (2009)] that the zl-amenability constant of a finite group is always at least~$1$, with equality if and only if the group is abelian. it was also shown in [a. azimifard, e. samei, n. spronk, op cit.] that for any finite non-abelian group this invariant is at least $301/300$, but the proof relies crucially on a deep result of d. a. ride...