The torsion conjecture for stabilizer abelianizations of groups of finite type

Let GG be a group of finite type of depth DD. The quotient

StG(D1)/StG(D1)\operatorname{St}_G(D-1)/\overline{\operatorname{St}_G(D-1)'}

is the abelianization of the level-D1D-1 stabilizer, where StG(D1)\operatorname{St}_G(D-1) denotes the subgroup fixing all vertices at level D1D-1.

Torsion conjecture. The quotient

StG(D1)/StG(D1)\operatorname{St}_G(D-1)/\overline{\operatorname{St}_G(D-1)'}

is torsion. In particular, the equivalence of just-infiniteness, topological finite generation, and strong completeness holds for all groups of finite type.

This condition is known for many groups of finite type and would extend the stated equivalence theorem from the groups satisfying the torsion hypothesis to all groups of finite type. The source states that a proof is not currently known.

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Primary source

Santiago Radi, “Groups of finite type: classification and structural properties”, arXiv:2509.03927 (2025).

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