Generalized cotorsion locally compact abelian groups (Q442632)

A discrete group \(A\) is called a cotorsion group iff \(Ext(Q,A)=0\), where \(Q\) is the additive group of rational numbers. (Here \(Ext(Q,A)=0\) is the group of all extensions of \(A\) by \(Q\).) Cotorsion groups play an important role in the theory of abelian groups. In the paper, a new class of locally compact abelian groups is constructed, which contains the class of cotorsion groups and its dual. The objects of this new class are called generalized cotorsion groups. One of the main results of the paper: Theorem. The class of generalized cotorsion locally compact groups is closed under taking: 1) extensions; 2) finite direct sums; 3) topologically direct summands; 4) compact subgroups; 5) discrete epimorphic images. Some homological properties of generalized cotorsion groups are given. Some results on the classification of generalized cotorsion groups are obtained.