Finiteness properties of direct products of algebraic structures (Q1680281)

The purpose of this paper is consider the preservation of properties of being finitely generated, being finitely presented and being residually finite under direct products in the context of different types of algebraic structures including groups, rings, loops, lattices, semigroups. The study of this paper is to raise this problematic to the level of general algebra, and initiate a comparative study across different classes of algebras. To do this the authors focus on three well-known properties of being: finitely generated, finitely presented, residual finite, and ask under which conditions does the direct product of two algebras \(A\) and \(B\) from a certain class of algebra \(C\) have one of these properties mentioned above. In the last part of the paper, the authors present five questions and suggestions for future research that -- in the view of the authors -- would further improve the understanding of these phenomena.