On abelian groups by which balanced extensions of a rational group split

DOI10.1016/0022-4049(92)90106-PMaRDI QIDQ1196776zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 16 January 1993

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4049(92)90106-p

\(R\)-groups balanced extension Butler groups constructible universe infinite rank Butler groups localization torsion-free abelian group types

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Torsion-free groups, finite rank (20K15) Torsion-free groups, infinite rank (20K20) Extensions of abelian groups (20K35)

Review text

Let \(R\) be a fixed torsion-free abelian group of rank one and type \(t\). A torsion-free abelian group \(A\) is called an \(R\)-group if any balanced extension of \(R\) by \(A\) splits. The \(R\)-groups \(A\) whose non-zero elements have types \(\leq t\) are considered here. Let \(A'\) denote the localization of \(A\) at the collection of primes \(p\) for which \(pR \neq R\). \(A\) is an \(R\)-group exactly when \(A'\) is. An interesting connection to Butler groups is established by the following theorem: If \(A'\) is a \(B_ 2\)-group, then \(A\) is always an \(R\)-group. The converse holds if \(A\) is, in addition, a countable group. When \(A\) has arbitrary cardinality, the converse is shown to hold in the constructible universe \(L\). The techniques used here are similar to those employed in the study of infinite rank Butler groups and bring out the complexity of \(R\)-groups.

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