# Conjugacy classes in profinite groups

- Reference: `kourovka-21-136-conjugacy-classes-in-profinite-groups`
- Page: https://theoremdb.org/statements/kourovka-21-136-conjugacy-classes-in-profinite-groups
- Record maturity: Reviewed problem

## Problem

Let G be a profinite group with fewer than 2ℵ0 conjugacy classes of elements of infinite order. Must G be a torsion group? This holds in the case when G is finitely generated (J. S. Wilson, Arch. Math., 120 (2023), 557-563). This is Kourovka Notebook Problem \(21.136\).

## Status

The reviewed record remains open.

## Work

### Working on this

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## References

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