Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4661230 Topology and its Applications 2007 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show that every maximal group in the smallest ideal of (βN,+) contains c2 discrete copies of (Z,+) the closures of any two of which intersect only at the identity. We also show that the same conclusion applies to copies of the free group on two generators (and consequently the free group on countably many generators).

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