The one-based/field-like dichotomy conjecture for full uniformly powerful pro-p groups

Let G=(G,I)\mathcal{G}=(G,I) be a uniformly powerful pro-pp group that is full as a profinite group. For each nn, let Pn(G)P_n(G) denote the corresponding term in the lower pp-series, and regard the finite quotient G/Pn(G)G/P_n(G) as an LprofL_{\operatorname{prof}}-structure, with each KiK_i interpreted by KiPn(G)/Pn(G)K_iP_n(G)/P_n(G). One-based/field-like dichotomy conjecture. The following conditions are equivalent:

  1. The ring Zp\mathbb{Z}_p is not interpretable in G\mathcal{G}.
  2. For every sentence σ\sigma in the language LprofL_{\operatorname{prof}}, there is NωN\in\omega such that either every quotient (G/Pn(G),I)(G/P_n(G),I) satisfies σ\sigma for n>Nn>N, or every such quotient satisfies ¬σ\neg\sigma.
  3. The group GG is nilpotent-by-finite.

This conjecture proposes a model-theoretic one-based/field-like dichotomy for compact pp-adic analytic groups: failure of interpretation of the pp-adic integers is predicted to coincide with eventual elementary stabilization of the finite quotients and with nilpotence up to finite index.

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Dugald Macpherson and Katrin Tent, “Profinite groups with NIP theory and p-adic analytic groups”, arXiv:1603.02179 (2016).

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