# Residually finite p-groups with finite centre

- Reference: `kourovka-21-132-residually-finite-p-groups-with-finite-centre`
- Page: https://theoremdb.org/statements/kourovka-21-132-residually-finite-p-groups-with-finite-centre
- Record maturity: Reviewed problem

## Problem

Based on the development of E. S. Golod’s construction (see, for example, Discrete Math. Appl., 23, no. 5-6 (2013), 491-501), for each prime number p, construct a finitely generated residually finite p-group with a non-trivial finite centre. Such groups with infinite and trivial centres are known (see 9.76 and Archive 11.101). This is Kourovka Notebook Problem \(21.132\).

## Status

The reviewed record remains open.

## Work

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## References

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