Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6414683 Journal of Algebra 2014 20 Pages PDF
Abstract

It is shown that the commutator subgroup of the fundamental group of a smooth irreducible affine curve over an uncountable algebraically closed field k of positive characteristic is a profinite free group of rank equal to the cardinality of k.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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The fundamental group of affine curves in positive characteristic
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