Generalizations of fully transitive and valuated abelian \(p\)-groups (Q2209274)

All groups are additively written abelian \(p\)-groups. The authors generalize to the class of valuation groups the notion of fully transitive group introduced by Kaplansky. Let \(H\) be a subgroup of an abelian \(p\)-group \(G\), then \(G\) is called \(H\)-fully transitive if using the height valuation from \(G\), for every \(x \in H\), every valuated (i.e., non-height decreasing) homomorphism \(\langle x\rangle\rightarrow G\) extends to a valuated homomorphism \(H \rightarrow G\). The authors prove a number of statements in which \(H\)-fully transitivity implies fully transitivity. They construct the example group \(G\) such that \(G\) is \(H\)-fully transitive but \(G\) is itself not fully transitive. The property \(H\)-fully transitivity is researched in the context of direct sums and direct products. The authors characterize those valuated groups \(H\) that are universally fully transitive in the sense that every group \(G\) that contains \(H\) as such an embedded subgroup is necessarily \(H\)-fully transitive. Some properties of the class of universally fully transitive groups are discussed. The authors show that the class of universally fully transitive groups form the smallest class of groups containing the totally projective groups that are closed under \(t\)-products. It is proved that if \(G\) and \(H\) are universally fully transitive, then so is \(\mathrm{Tor}(G, H)\). Some open problems are formulated.