Abstract
We discuss whether finiteness properties of a profinite group G can be deduced from the probabilistic zeta function P G(s). In particular we prove that in the prosoluble case, if P G(s) is rational then G/Frat(G) is finite.

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Citation Information: Journal of Group Theory. Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 203–217, ISSN (Online) 1435-4446, ISSN (Print) 1433-5883, DOI: 10.1515/JGT.2006.014, May 2006
We discuss whether finiteness properties of a profinite group G can be deduced from the probabilistic zeta function P G(s). In particular we prove that in the prosoluble case, if P G(s) is rational then G/Frat(G) is finite.
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