Torsion-free Abelian groups of finite rank as endomorphic modules over their endomorphism ring. (Q2439983): Difference between revisions

Let \(R\) be an associative ring with identity and let \(V\) and \(W\) be unitary left \(R\)-modules. A function \(f\colon V\to W\) is called homogeneous if \(f(rv)=rf(v)\) for all \(r\in R\) and \(v\in V\). The set of all such functions is denoted \(M_R(V,W)\) and we abbreviate \(M_R(V,V)\) as \(M_R(V)\). We also write \(E(G)\) for the endomorphism ring of an Abelian group \(G\) and set \(\mathcal E(G)=\mathbb Q\otimes E(G)\). This short paper centers around the following result: Theorem\ 2. Let \(G\) be a completely transitive torsion-free Abelian group of finite rank. The following conditions are equivalent: 1) the group \(G\) is endodistributive; 2) \(M_{E(G)}(G,H)=\Hom_{E(G)}(G,H)\) for any torsion-free \(E(G)\)-module \(H\); 3) the group \(G\) is homogeneously decomposable; 4) the group \(G\) can be decomposed into the direct sum of irreducible completely transitive summands; 5) \(G\) is a quasi-\(E\)-locally cyclic group; 6) \(\mathbb Q\otimes G\) is a cyclic \(\mathcal E(G)\)-module. The author includes several other related results including Corollary 2, below, which addresses the additivity problem for certain groups: Corollary\ 2. For a completely transitive torsion-free Abelian group \(G\) of finite rank, the following conditions are equivalent: 1) the group \(G\) is not a unique addition module over its endomorphism ring; 2) the group \(G\) is semi-endomorphic and not endomorphic; 3) the group \(G\) has an indecomposable inhomogeneous completely transitive direct summand.