scholarly journals The additive group of the rationals does not have an automatic presentation

2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 1341-1351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todor Tsankov
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Infinite Set ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractWe prove that the additive group of the rationals does not have an automatic presentation. The proof also applies to certain other abelian groups, for example, torsion-free groups that are p-divisible for infinitely many primes p, or groups of the form ⊕pϵIZ(p∞), where I is an infinite set of primes.

scholarly journals A Note on Additive Groups of Some Specific Associative Rings

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
Mateusz Woronowicz
Keyword(s):  
Associative Ring ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Direct Sums ◽  
Rank One ◽  
Elementary Methods ◽  
Associative Rings ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractAlmost complete description of abelian groups (A, +, 0) such that every associative ring R with the additive group A satisfies the condition: every subgroup of A is an ideal of R, is given. Some new results for SR-groups in the case of associative rings are also achieved. The characterization of abelian torsion-free groups of rank one and their direct sums which are not nil-groups is complemented using only elementary methods.

scholarly journals Locally irreducible rings

1985 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Vinsonhaler ◽  
W. Wickless
Keyword(s):  
Finite Rank ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Infinite Rank ◽  
Field Of Definition ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Torsion Free

In the study of torsion-free abelian groups of finite rank the notions of irreducibility, field of definition and E-ring have played significant rôles. These notions are tied together in the following theorem of R. S. Pierce:THEOREM. Let R be a ring whose additive group is torsion free finite rank irreducible and let Γ be the centralizer of QR as a QE(R) module. Then Γ is the unique smallest field of definition of R. Moreover, Γ ∩ R is an E-ring, in fact, it is a maximal E-subring of R.In this paper we consider extensions of Pierce's result to the infinite rank case. This leads to the concept of local irreducibility for torsion free groups.

On the Square Subgroup of a Mixed SI-Group

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Andruszkiewicz ◽  
M. Woronowicz
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Group ◽  
Quotient Group ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Negative Solution ◽  
New Class ◽  
Free Rank ◽  
Torsion Free Rank ◽  
Torsion Free ◽  
Group Modulo

AbstractThe relation between the structure of a ring and the structure of its additive group is studied in the context of some recent results in additive groups of mixed rings. Namely, the notion of the square subgroup of an abelian group, which is a generalization of the concept of nil-group, is considered mainly for mixed non-splitting abelian groups which are the additive groups only of rings whose all subrings are ideals. A non-trivial construction of such a group of finite torsion-free rank no less than two, for which the quotient group modulo the square subgroup is not a nil-group, is given. In particular, a new class of abelian group for which an old problem posed by Stratton and Webb has a negative solution, is indicated. A new, far from obvious, application of rings in which the relation of being an ideal is transitive, is obtained.

scholarly journals Groups with many permutable subgroups

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Curzio ◽  
John Lennox ◽  
Akbar Rhemtulla ◽  
James Wiegold
Keyword(s):  
Free Groups ◽  
Finitely Generated ◽  
Soluble Groups ◽  
Cyclic Subgroups ◽  
Prove Theorem ◽  
Permutable Subgroups ◽  
Infinite Set ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractWe consider the influence on a group G of the condition that every infinite set of cyclic subgroups of G contains a pair that permute and prove (Theorem 1) that finitely generated soluble groups with this condition are centre-by-finite, and (Theorem 2) that torsion free groups satisfying the condition are abelian.

scholarly journals Groups whose automorphisms are almost determined by their restriction to a subgroup

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R. Pettet
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Torsion Free

The trivial observation that every automorphism of a group is determined by its restriction to a set of generators suggests the converse question: if X is a subset of a group G such that each automorphism of G is determined (or “almost” determined) by its restriction to X, to what extent is the structure of G governed by that of the subgroup which X generates? Is this subgroup in some sense necessarily “large” in G? If the index of the subgroup is used as a measure of largeness, then in the absence of additional hypotheses, the answer to the second question is generally “no”, the additive group of rationals with X = {1} being an obvious counterexample. (More confounding is the existence of uncountable torsion-free abelian groups for which inversion is the only non-trivial automorphism. See, for example, [2], [3], and [4].) However, under certain finiteness assumptions, it seems that some positive conclusions are obtainable. One such example will be considered here.

A TORSION-FREE ABELIAN GROUP EXISTS WHOSE QUOTIENT GROUP MODULO THE SQUARE SUBGROUP IS NOT A NIL-GROUP

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. ANDRUSZKIEWICZ ◽  
M. WORONOWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Group ◽  
Quotient Group ◽  
Free Abelian Group ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
New Method ◽  
Torsion Free Abelian Group ◽  
Elementary Methods ◽  
Torsion Free ◽  
Group Modulo

The first example of a torsion-free abelian group $(A,+,0)$ such that the quotient group of $A$ modulo the square subgroup is not a nil-group is indicated (for both associative and general rings). In particular, the answer to the question posed by Stratton and Webb [‘Abelian groups, nil modulo a subgroup, need not have nil quotient group’, Publ. Math. Debrecen27 (1980), 127–130] is given for torsion-free groups. A new method of constructing indecomposable nil-groups of any rank from $2$ to $2^{\aleph _{0}}$ is presented. Ring multiplications on $p$-pure subgroups of the additive group of the ring of $p$-adic integers are investigated using only elementary methods.

scholarly journals Regulating hulls of almost completely decomposable groups

1993 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mader ◽  
C. Vinsonhaler
Keyword(s):  
Finite Index ◽  
Finite Rank ◽  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Additive Group ◽  
Rational Numbers ◽  
Direct Sum ◽  
Free Abelian Groups ◽  
Decomposable Groups ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Torsion Free

AbstractThis note investigates torsion-free abelian groups G of finite rank which embed, as subgroups of finite index, in a finite direct sum C of subgroups of the additive group of rational numbers. Specifically, we examine the relationship between G and C when the index of G in C is minimal. Some properties of Warfield duality are developed and used (in the case that G is locally free) to relate our results to earlier ones by Burkhardt and Lady.

A Problem on Relative Projectivity for Abelian Groups

1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Feigelstock ◽  
R. Raphael
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Mixed Case ◽  
Direct Sum ◽  
Direct Sum Decomposition ◽  
Free Case ◽  
Torsion Groups ◽  
Torsion Free ◽  
Whitehead Groups

AbstractThe article studies the class of abelian groups G such that in every direct sum decomposition G = A ⊕ B, A is 5-projective. Such groups are called pds groups and they properly include the quasi-projective groups.The pds torsion groups are fully determined.The torsion-free case depends on a lemma that establishes freedom in the non-indecomposable case for several classes of groups. There is evidence suggesting freedom in the general reduced torsion-free case but this is not established and prompts a logical discussion. It is shown, for example, that pds torsion-free groups must be Whitehead if they are not indecomposable, but that there exists Whitehead groups that are not pds if there exist non-free Whitehead groups.The mixed case is characterized and examples are given.

On the structure of Ext(A,Z) in ZFC+

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sageev ◽  
S. Shelah
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Groups ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Torsion Group ◽  
Torsion Subgroup ◽  
Cardinal Numbers ◽  
Structure Problem ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Elementary Fact ◽  
Torsion Free

A fundamental problem in the theory of abelian groups is to determine the structure of Ext(A, Z) for arbitrary abelian groups A. This problem was raised by L. Fuchs in 1958, and since then has been the center of considerable activity and progress.We briefly summarize the present state of this problem. It is a well-known fact thatwhere tA denotes the torsion subgroup of A. Thus the structure problem for Ext(A, Z) breakdown to the two distinct cases, torsion and torsion free groups. For a torsion group T,which is compact and reduced, and its structure is known explicitly [12].For torsion free A, Ext(A, Z) is divisible; hence it has a unique representationThus Ext(A, Z) is characterized by countably many cardinal numbers, which we denote as follows: ν0(A) is the rank of the torsion free part of Ext(A, Z), and νp(A) are the ranks of the p-primary parts of Ext(A, Z), Extp(A, Z).If A is free it is an elementary fact that Ext(A, Z) = 0. The second named author has shown [16] that in the presence of V = L the converse is also true. For countable torsion free, nonfree A, C. Jensen [13] has shown that νp(A) is either finite or and νp(A) ≤ ν0(A). Therefore, the case for uncountable, nonfree, torsion free groups A remains to be studied.

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