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A finitely generated just-infinite profinite branch group which is not positively finitely generated

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We construct a finitely generated profinite branch group which is just-infinite and not positively finitely generated.

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Samoilovych, I.O. A finitely generated just-infinite profinite branch group which is not positively finitely generated. Arch. Math. 102, 219–223 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-013-0597-x

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