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We give an easy proof that a finitely generated group which is residually (finite and soluble of bounded rank) is nilpotent by quasi-linear. This can be used to shorten the proofs of some recent theorems about residually finite groups.
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Segal, D. A footnote on residually finite groups. Israel J. Math. 94, 1–5 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02762693
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