On Purifiable Subsocles of a Primary Abelian Group

Irwin, John ; Swanek, James

Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 23 (1971) no. 1, pp. 48-57

Résumé

In this paper we shall investigate an interesting connection between the structure of G/S and G, where S is a purifiable subsocle of G. The results are interesting in the light of a counterexample by Dieudonné [3, p. 142] who exhibits a primary abelian group G, where G/S is a direct sum of cyclic groups, but G is not a direct sum of cyclic groups. Surprisingly, the assumption of the purifiability of S allows G to inherit the structure of G/S. In particular, we show that if G/S is a direct sum of cyclic groups and S supports a pure subgroup H, then G is a direct sum of cyclic groups and if is a direct summand of G which is of course a direct sum of cyclic groups. It is also shown that if G/S is a direct sum of torsion-complete groups and S supports a pure subgroup H, then G is a direct sum of torsion-complete groups and H is a direct summand of G, and is also a direct sum of torsion-complete groups.

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CJM-1971-005-7

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