Abstract:
The authors propose a method of effective presentation of finitely generated pro-$p$-groups, and use it to study the elementary theories of such groups. They prove that elementarily equivalent finitely generated pro-$p$-groups are isomorphic. The main result is the following criterion: the elementary theory of a finitely generated nilpotent pro-$p$-group $G$ is decidable if and only if $G$ is effectively presented.
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