Some matrix rings associated with ACD groups
Let \(R\) be a principal ideal domain and \(q_1,\ldots,q_m\) distinct primes in \(R\). Put \(q=\prod_{i=1}^m q_i\) and let \(\Lambda\) be the ring of all \(k\) by \(k\) matrices \(A=[a_{ij}]\) over \(R\) satisfying \(a_{i1}\equiv 0\) modulo \(q\) for all \(i>1\). The author considers the set \(\Omega\) of all invertible matrices \(B\in\text{Mat}_{k\times k}(R)\) such that \(BE_lB^{-1}\in\Lambda\) for all \(l=1,\ldots,k\), where the \(E_l\)'s are the standard idempotents of \(\text{Mat}_{k\times k}(R)\). Letting \(B^{-1}=[b_{ij}^*]\) and \(X_B(l)=\{q_i\mid b_{l1}^*\not\equiv 0\bmod q_i\}\) the author proves that \(B\in\Omega\) if and only if the set \(\{X_B(l)\mid l=1,\ldots,k\}\) forms a partition of the set \(\{q_i\mid i=1,\ldots,m\}\). Moreover, any partition of the primes \(q_i\) can be realized as the sets \(X_B(l)\) for some \(B\in\Omega\). This provides a way of parameterizing the complete systems of orthogonal idempotents of the ring \(\Lambda\). In order to obtain a classification of the orthogonal systems an equivalence relation \(\sim_\Lambda\) is defined on \(\Omega\) and it is shown that two matrices \(B\) and \(B'\) in \(\Omega\) are equivalent if and only if there is a permutation \(\pi\in S_k\) such that \(X_B(\pi(i))=X_{B'}(i)\) for all \(i\). These results are used to classify completely the various inequivalent decompositions of certain torsion free Abelian groups into indecomposable summands, in particular for almost completely decomposable groups. The paper was motivated by the study of a famous result of Corner showing the pathology in the theory of decompositions of finite rank torsion free groups into indecomposable summands [\textit{A. L. S. Corner}, Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 57, 230-233 (1961; Zbl 0100.02903)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0921.00018].
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