Torsion-free Abelian groups of finite rank as endomorphic modules over their endomorphism ring. (Q2439983)

Let \(R\) be an associative ring with identity and let \(V\) and \(W\) be unitary left \(R\)-modules. A function \(f\colon V\to W\) is called homogeneous if \(f(rv)=rf(v)\) for all \(r\in R\) and \(v\in V\). The set of all such functions is denoted \(M_R(V,W)\) and we abbreviate \(M_R(V,V)\) as \(M_R(V)\). We also write \(E(G)\) for the endomorphism ring of an Abelian group \(G\) and set \(\mathcal E(G)=\mathbb Q\otimes E(G)\). This short paper centers around the following result: Theorem\ 2. Let \(G\) be a completely transitive torsion-free Abelian group of finite rank. The following conditions are equivalent: 1) the group \(G\) is endodistributive; 2) \(M_{E(G)}(G,H)=\Hom_{E(G)}(G,H)\) for any torsion-free \(E(G)\)-module \(H\); 3) the group \(G\) is homogeneously decomposable; 4) the group \(G\) can be decomposed into the direct sum of irreducible completely transitive summands; 5) \(G\) is a quasi-\(E\)-locally cyclic group; 6) \(\mathbb Q\otimes G\) is a cyclic \(\mathcal E(G)\)-module. The author includes several other related results including Corollary 2, below, which addresses the additivity problem for certain groups: Corollary\ 2. For a completely transitive torsion-free Abelian group \(G\) of finite rank, the following conditions are equivalent: 1) the group \(G\) is not a unique addition module over its endomorphism ring; 2) the group \(G\) is semi-endomorphic and not endomorphic; 3) the group \(G\) has an indecomposable inhomogeneous completely transitive direct summand.