On Some Classes of Hopfian Abelian Groups and Modules

Partial actions of groups on generalized matrix rings

In the paper, necessary and sufficient conditions for an Abelian group A to be isomorphic to the endomorphism group End(A) are obtained. The classes of periodic Abelian groups, divisible Abelian groups, nonreduced Abelian groups, and reduced algebraically compact Abelian groups are considered. For certain classes of Abelian groups, the isomorphism problem for a group and its endomorphism group is solved under the assumption that the endomorphism group itself has the corresponding property.

Let R be an associative ring with a unit and N be a left R-module. The set MR(N) = {f: N → N | f(rx) = rf(x), r ∈ R, x ∈ N} is a near-ring with respect to the operations of addition and composition and contains the ring ER(N) of all endomorphisms of the R-module N. The R-module N is endomorphic if MR(N) = ER(N). We call an Abelian group endomorphic if it is an endomorphic module over its endomorphism ring. In this paper, we find endomorphic Abelian groups in the classes of all separable torsion-free groups, torsion groups, almost completely decomposable torsion-free groups, and indecomposable torsion-free groups of rank 2.

Let $$\Lambda$$ be a class of Abelian groups. A group $$A\in\Lambda$$ is said to be determined by its endomorphism semigroup $$E^\star(A)$$ in the class $$\Lambda$$ if every isomorphism $$E^\star(A)\cong E^\star(B)$$ , where $$B\in\Lambda$$ , implies the isomorphism $$A\cong B$$ . The paper describes those Abelian groups in the class $$\mathscr Q\mathscr D_{\mathrm{cd}}$$ of completely decomposable quotient divisible Abelian groups which are determined by their endomorphism semigroups in the class $$\mathscr Q\mathscr D_{\mathrm{cd}}$$ .

Let C be an Abelian group. An Abelian group A from a class X of Abelian groups is said to be CH-definable in X if, for any group B ∈ X, the isomorphism Hom(C,A) ≅ Hom(C,B) implies that A ≅ B. If every group from X is CH-definable in X, then X is called an CH-class. In this paper, we study conditions under which a class of completely decomposable torsion-free Abelian groups is an CH-class, where C is a vector group.

In this chapter, we discuss several special types of modules that will make frequent appearances later. These include semisimple modules, artinian modules, and torsionfree modules, which have prototypes in vector spaces, finite abelian groups, and torsionfree abelian groups, respectively. That special types of modules have useful roles in the study of arbitrary modules may be seen already in the case of abelian groups (i.e., ℤ-modules). In studying an arbitrary abelian group, an almost reflexive first step is to look at its torsion part (i.e., the torsion subgroup) and its torsionfree part (i.e., the factor group modulo the torsion subgroup), since entirely different techniques are available (and needed) for dealing with torsion groups and torsionfree groups. On the torsionfree side, vector spaces make an appearance due to the facts that the torsionfree divisible abelian groups are exactly the vector spaces over ℚ and that every torsionfree abelian group can be embedded in a divisible one. On the torsion side, many questions can be reduced to the case of finite abelian groups, since every torsion abelian group is a directed union of finite subgroups. In studying torsion abelian groups, one also reduces to the case of p -groups for various primes p . Vector spaces make another appearance here, since in an abelian p -group the set of elements of order p (together with 0) forms a vector space over ℤ/ p ℤ.

An isomorphism problem is considered for generalized matrix rings with values in a given ring R. An exhaustive answer is given for the case of a commutative domain R and a commutative local ring R.

Let C be an Abelian group. A class X of Abelian groups is called a CE•H-class if, for every groups A, B ∈ X, the isomorphisms E•(A) ≅ E•(B) and Hom(C, A) ≅ Hom(C, B) imply the isomorphism A ≅ B. In the paper, necessary and sufficient conditions on a completely decomposable torsion-free Abelian group C are described under which a given class of torsion-free Abelian groupsisa CE•H-class.

Let G be a completely decomposable torsion-free Abelian group and G= ⊕ Gi, where Gi is a rank 1 group. If there exists a strongly constructive numbering ν of G such that (G,ν) has a recursively enumerable sequence of elements gi ∈ Gi, then G is called a strongly decomposable group. Let pi, i∈ω, be some sequence of primes whose denominators are degrees of a number pi and let \(\mathop \oplus \limits_{i \in \omega } Q_{Pi} \). A characteristic of the group A is the set of all pairs ‹ p,k› of numbers such that \(p_{i_1 } = ... = p_{i_k } = p\) for some numbers i1,...,ik. We bring in the concept of a quasihyperhyperimmune set, and specify a necessary and sufficient condition on the characteristic of A subject to which the group in question is strongly decomposable. Also, it is proved that every hyperhyperimmune set is quasihyperhyperimmune, the converse being not true.

The study of Hopficity in Abelian groups has been largely motivated by the fundamental results of Baumslag, who proved that torsion groups are always Hopfian regardless of their cardinality, but left several questions open concerning torsion-free groups. Later, Corner addressed some of these questions by providing counterexamples showing that a direct sum of two Hopfian groups can be non-Hopfian, and that a group with an automorphism group of order two does not guarantee Hopficity. These results highlighted the need for new constructions to explore Hopficity in torsion-free Abelian groups. Our work introduces a new approach based on divisibility techniques, as it contributes to the understanding of free-torsion groups with respect to the Hopficity property, providing new insights into their structural properties and implications within group theory. Our analysis also demonstrates how divisibility properties, as well as the introduction of totally invariant subgroups and homomorphisms, can be used to establish Hopficity in specific Abelian groups, particularly those that are free-torsion. In order to reach all of this, we start by taking a group defined as an infinite direct sum of cyclic groups; then we construct a specific subgroup generated by two particular families of elements; and finally we show that this group is Hopfian through results from the theory of divisible subgroups.

An associative ring R is called a unique addition ring (UA-ring) if its multiplicative semigroup (R, · ) can be equipped with a unique binary operation+ transforming the triple (R, ·, +) to a ring. An R-module A is said to be an End-UA-module if the endomorphism ring EndR(A) of A is a UA-ring. In the paper, the torsion-free End-UA-modules over commutative Dedekind domains are studied. In some classes of Abelian torsion-free groups, the Abelian groups having UA-endomorphism rings are found.

E-nilpotent and E-solvable Abelian groups are studied. The properties of such groups are studied, and examples illustrating the differences and connections between the investigated classes of groups are presented. The structure of E-solvable periodical, completely decomposable, coperiodic, split mixed, and other groups is shown.

First, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a torsion-free rank-one subgroup of an arbitrary abelian group to be purifiable in a given group and show that all pure hulls of a purifiable torsion-free rank-one subgroup are isomorphic. Next, we show that if a $T(G)$-high subgroup A of an abelian group $G$ is purifiable in $G$, then there exists a subgroup $T'$ of $T(G)$ such that $G=H\oplus T'$ for every pure hull $H$ of $A$ in $G$. An abelian group $G$ is said to be a strongly ADE decomposable group if there exists a purifiable $T(G)$-high subgroup of $G$. We present an example $G$ such that not all $T(G)$-high subgroups of a strongly ADE decomposable group G are purifiable in $G$. Moreover, we characterize the strongly ADE decomposable groups of torsion-free rank 1. Finally, we use previous results to give a necessary and sufficient condition for an abelian group of torsion-free rank 1 to be splitting.

Epimorphic images of compact (algebraically compact) abelian groups are called cotorsion groups after Harrison. In a recent paper, Ph. Schultz raised the question whether “cotorsion” is a property which can be recognized by its small cotorsion epimorphic images: If G is a torsion-free group such that every torsion-free reduced homomorphic image of cardinality is cotorsion, is G necessarily cortorsion? In this note we will give some counterexamples to this problem. In fact, there is no cardinal k which is large enough to test cotorsion.

In the work of Herden and Strüngmann (In Models, modules and Abelian groups (2008) 169–186 de Gruyter), an embedding problem for torsion-free Abelian groups was considered. It was shown for a large class of such groups, including the class of all bounded extensions of completely decomposable groups, that any member of the class can be purely embedded into some completely decomposable group. Moreover, an algorithm was given that determines explicitly the pure embedding and the completely decomposable overgroup. We continue the approach from the work of Herden and Strüngmann (In Models, modules and Abelian groups (2008) 169–186 de Gruyter) improving the algorithm and extending the main theorem to a broader class of torsion-free Abelian groups including some Hawaiian groups from the article of Mader and Strüngmann (J. Algebra 229 (2000) 205–233) and thus complementing the main result from the article of Strüngmann (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009) 3657–3668). A byproduct and starting point for this generalization will be a discussion of the following group class problem: Which groups $G$ have the property that for any cardinal $\kappa$ any subgroup $U$ of the direct sum $G^{(\kappa)}$ is the kernel of some endomorphism of $G^{(\kappa)}$?