A category of matrices representing two categories of Abelian groups. (Q2519208)
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A category of matrices representing two categories of Abelian groups. (English)
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26 January 2009
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The author constructs a commutative triangle of categories and functors. One vertex is the category \(\mathcal{RM}\) of equivalence classes of reduced matrices over the ring of universal numbers, with multiplication as morphisms. Another is the category \(\mathcal{QD}\) of (mixed) quotient divisible Abelian groups with quasi-homomorphisms as morphisms. The third is the category \(\mathcal{QTF}\) of finite rank torsion-free Abelian groups with quasi-homomorphisms as morphisms. There is an equivalence from \(\mathcal{RM}\) to \(\mathcal{QD}\) and a duality from \(\mathcal{RM}\) to \(\mathcal{QTF}\). The diagram is closed by the induced duality from \(\mathcal{QD}\) to \(\mathcal{QTF}\). The author derives many applications and establishes connections with Pontryagin duality and the Kurosh-Malcev-Derry classification of \(\mathcal{QTF}\).
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tau-adic matrices
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quotient divisible groups
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torsion-free finite rank Abelian groups
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universal numbers
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categories of Abelian groups
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quasi-homomorphisms
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equivalences
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dualities
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