On normal subgroups of compact groups

Among compact Hausdorff groups G whose maximal profinite quotient is finitely generated, we characterize those that possess a proper dense normal subgroup. We also prove that the abstract commutator subgroup [H,G] is closed for every closed normal subgroup H of G.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nikolov, N, Segal, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013