AbstractThe class of multi-EGS groups is a generalisation of the well-known Grigorchuk–Gupta–Sidki (GGS-)groups.
Here we classify branch multi-EGS groups with the congruence subgroup property and determine the profinite completion of all branch multi-EGS groups.
Additionally, our results show that branch multi-EGS groups are just infinite.
In this paper we prove that the profinite completion [Formula: see text] of the Grigorchuk group [Formula: see text] is not finitely presented as a profinite group. We obtain this result by showing that [Formula: see text] is infinite dimensional. Also several results are proven about the finite quotients [Formula: see text] including minimal presentations and Schur Multipliers.
The profinite completion of the fundamental group of a closed, orientable $3$-manifold determines the Kneser–Milnor decomposition. If $M$ is irreducible, then the profinite completion determines the Jaco–Shalen–Johannson decomposition of $M$.