\textit{AI}-rings on almost completely decomposable abelian groups (Q7008573)

Given an abelian group \(G,\) the subgroups of \(G\) which are ideals in any ring on \(G\) are called absolute ideals of \(G.\) A (not necessarily associative) ring \(R\) is said to be an \(AI\)-ring if every ideal of \(R\) is an absolute ideal of its additive group. An \(RAI\)-group is an abelian group \(G\) with the property that there exists at least one \(AI\)-ring on \(G.\)\N\N\N\textit{L. Fuchs} [Infinite abelian groups. Vol. II. Academic Press, New York, NY (1973; Zbl 0257.20035)] (Problem 93) asked for a description of \(RAI\)-groups.\N\NThe main result of the paper under review answers that question for almost completely decomposable groups, i.e. abelian groups \(G\) containing a completely decomposable subgroup of finite index. More precisely, the authors prove that any almost completely decomposable group is an \(RAI\)-group (Theorem 3.5). Some other results related to the existence of \(AI\)-rings with special properties on almost completely decomposable groups are established.