Butler groups and representations of infinite rank (Q1333217)

As usual, for a field \(k\), a \(k\)-representation of a poset \(G\) is a \(k\)- vector space \(V\) together with a function associating with each \(s\in S\) a subspace \(V(s)\) of \(V\) in such a way that \(V(s)\subseteq V(t)\) whenever \(s\leq t\) in \(S\). A type is any representation \(U\) such that \(U=k\). If \({\mathfrak F}\) is a family of types then \(G= G({\mathfrak F})\) denotes the kernel of the summation map \(\bigoplus\{ A\mid A\in {\mathfrak F}\}\mapsto \sum_{\mathfrak F} A\). In the first part the authors characterize the isomorphism classes of indecomposable kernels \(G\). The next part applies this classification theory to the category of finitely Butler groups and local quasi- homomorphisms. In Section 4 \(B_ 2\)-representations are introduced in the natural way and results generalizing some results of Dugas and Thome for a class of countable Butler groups are obtained. The last part is devoted to applications and examples.