M-free Abelian groups.

DOI10.1216/RMJM/1181070028MaRDI QIDQ1415002zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Manfred Dugas, Shalom Feigelstock, Jutta Hausen

Publication date 3 December 2003

Published in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://math.la.asu.edu/~rmmc/rmj/Vol32-4/CONT32-4/CONT32-4.html

zbMATH Keywords

basesdirect sumsendomorphism groupsendomorphism ringsfree Abelian groupsinvariant rankslender groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free, projective, and flat modules and ideals in associative algebras (16D40) Direct sums, direct products, etc. for abelian groups (20K25) Automorphisms, homomorphisms, endomorphisms, etc. for abelian groups (20K30)

Review text

An Abelian group \(A\) is \(M\)-free with basis \(X\) if \(X\) is a subset of \(A\) such that every map from \(X\) to the Abelian group \(M\) extends uniquely to a homomorphism from \(A\) to \(M\). Examples are split-\(M\)-free groups which are direct sums of the free group with basis \(X\) and a group which has only the zero homomorphism into \(M\). The authors' main theorem is that if \(M\) is slender and countable and its endomorphism group is free then all \(M\)-free groups are split-\(M\)-free. Also, if \(M\) is slender and the centre of its endomorphism ring is a free group then every \(M\)-free group with basis smaller than the first measurable cardinal (if it exists) is split-\(M\)-free. They also prove that in many cases \(M\)-free groups have invariant rank, i.e.~all the bases have the same cardinality. During the proof, the authors make a systematic study of \(M\)-free groups. Some auxiliary results they obtain: the characterization of \(M\)-free groups with a singleton base as subgroups of the centre of the endomorphism ring of \(M\) and the base consists of the identity. Every \(M\)-free group with base smaller than the first measurable cardinal is a subgroup of direct sums of \(M\)-free groups with singleton base.

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