On normal subgroups of compact groups
Dan Segal
University of Oxford, United KingdomNikolay Nikolov
University of Oxford, UK

Abstract
Among compact Hausdorff groups 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 is closed for every closed normal subgroup of .
Cite this article
Dan Segal, Nikolay Nikolov, On normal subgroups of compact groups. J. Eur. Math. Soc. 16 (2014), no. 3, pp. 597–618
DOI 10.4171/JEMS/441