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Direct products and the contravariant hom-functor

Rings and Algebras 2011-09-29 v1 Category Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

We prove in ZFC that if GG is a (right) RR-module such that the groups \HomR(iIGi,G)\Hom_R(\prod_{i\in I}G_i,G) and iI\HomR(Gi,G)\prod_{i\in I}\Hom_R(G_i,G) are naturally isomorphic for all families of RR-modules (Gi)iI(G_i)_{i\in I} then G=0. The result is valid even we restrict to families such that GiGG_i\cong G for all iIi\in I.

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@article{arxiv.1105.4399,
  title  = {Direct products and the contravariant hom-functor},
  author = {Simion Breaz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.4399},
  year   = {2011}
}