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Profinite topology

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The profinite topology on a group takes the cosets of finite-index normal subgroups as a neighborhood basis. A profinite group carries the inverse-limit topology from its finite quotients.
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An inverse limit carries the coarsest topology making every coordinate projection map continuous. It is the subspace topology inherited from the product of the component spaces.

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