Subgroups of free proalgebraic groups and Matzat's conjecture for function fields
arXiv:2102.02553
Abstract
We show that a closed finite index subgroup of a free proalgebraic group is itself a free proalgebraic group. Our main motivation for this result is an application in differential Galois theory: The absolute differential Galois group of a one-variable function field is a free proalgebraic group.
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