A simple construction of infinite finitely generated torsion groups

Abstract

The goal of this note is to provide yet another proof of the following theorem of Golod: there exists an infinite finitely generated group G such that every element of G has finite order. Our proof is based on the Nielsen-Schreier index formula and is simple enough to be included in a standard group theory course.

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