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Finite Abelian algebras are dualizable

Rings and Algebras 2015-03-10 v1

Abstract

A finite algebra \bA=\algA;\cF\bA=\alg{A;\cF} is \emph{dualizable} if there exists a discrete topological relational structure \BA=\algA;\cG;\cT\BA=\alg{A;\cG;\cT}, compatible with \cF\cF, such that the canonical evaluation map e_\bB ⁣:\bB\Hom(\Hom(\bB,\bA),\BA)e\_{\bB}\colon \bB\to \Hom( \Hom(\bB,\bA),\BA) is an isomorphism for every \bB\bB in the quasivariety generated by \bA\bA. Here, e_\bBe\_{\bB} is defined by e_\bB(x)(f)=f(x)e\_{\bB}(x)(f)=f(x) for all xBx\in B and all f\Hom(\bB,\bA)f\in \Hom(\bB,\bA). We prove that, given a finite congruence-modular Abelian algebra \bA\bA, the set of all relations compatible with \bA\bA, up to a certain arity, \emph{entails} the whole set of all relations compatible with \bA\bA. By using a classical compactness result, we infer that \bA\bA is dualizable. Moreover we can choose a dualizing alter-ego with only relations of arity 1+α3\le 1+\alpha^3, where α\alpha is the largest exponent of a prime in the prime decomposition of \cardA\card{A}. This improves Kearnes and Szendrei result that modules are dualizable, and Bentz and Mayr's result that finite modules with constants are dualizable. This also solves a problem stated by Bentz and Mayr in 2013.

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@article{arxiv.1503.02651,
  title  = {Finite Abelian algebras are dualizable},
  author = {Pierre Gillibert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.02651},
  year   = {2015}
}
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