Artinian-finitary groups over commutative rings (Q1409632)

Let \(R\) be a commutative ring and \(M\) an \(R\)-module. The author of this paper investigates the group \(G\) of automorphisms \(g\) of the \(R\)-module \(M\) for which \(M(g-1)\) is \(R\)-Artinian, and proves that \(G\) has a locally residually nilpotent normal subgroup \(N\) such that \(G/N\) is a subdirect product of finitary linear groups over field images of \(R\). This result can be used to study certain subgroups of \(G\). For example, let \(H\) be a locally finite subgroup. It is proved that if \(R\) is an algebra over the rationals, then \(H\) is isomorphic to a finitary linear group of characteristic zero; if \(R\) has characteristic a power of a prime \(p\), then \(H/O_p(H)\) is isomorphic to a finitary linear group of characteristic \(p\).