Pure subgroups of completely decomposable groups and a group class problem.

Publication date 9 August 2013

Published in Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1373636695

completely decomposable groups pure subgroups torsion-free Abelian groups

Matrices of integers (15B36) Torsion-free groups, finite rank (20K15) Torsion-free groups, infinite rank (20K20) Direct sums, direct products, etc. for abelian groups (20K25) Subgroups of abelian groups (20K27)

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A central problem in the theory of torsion-free Abelian groups is to determine when a torsion-free group can be embedded as a pure subgroup in a completely decomposable group (i.e. a direct sum of rational groups).NEWLINENEWLINE The authors [in Models, modules and Abelian groups. In memory of A. L. S. Corner. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. 169-186 (2008; Zbl 1191.20061)] provide an algorithm which can be applied to a large class of torsion-free groups in order to decide if such a group is a pure subgroup of a completely decomposable group. In the present paper they continue this study, improving the above mentioned algorithm. As a main result (Theorem 5.7) they provide sufficient conditions which are expressed using standard tools from linear algebra. The paper also contains some very interesting and illuminating examples.

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