Direct product of four classes of groups. (Q664214)

Let \(G\) be a group, \(H=\text{End}(G)\), the semigroup of endomorphisms of \(G\), and \(E\) the near-ring of functions generated by \(\text{End}(G)\). Further, let \(D\) be the set of distributive elements of \(E\). Then one has \(H\subseteq D\subseteq E\). The group \(G\) is called an E-H group if \(H=D=E\); an E-D group if \(H\subset D=E\); a D-H group if \(H=D\subset E\); and finally, a D-D group if \(H\subset D\subset E\). Suppose that \(G=S\times T\), a direct product of nonabelian normal subgroups \(S\) and \(T\). In the first part of the article, it is shown that when \(G\) is an E-D group, so are \(S\) and \(T\). Conversely, if \(S\) and \(T\) are E-D groups, conditions on \(S\) and \(T\) are found for \(G\) to be an E-D group. When \(S\) and \(T\) are D-H groups, conditions are then given to have \(G\) a D-H group as well. Some classes of D-H gruops are then given, and it is shown that every finite group is a subgroup of a D-H group. Finally, if \(S\) and \(T\) are D-D groups and \(\Hom(H,K)=0\), then \(G\) is also a D-D group.