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Fuchs' problem for endomorphisms of abelian groups

Commutative Algebra 2023-08-28 v2

Abstract

L\'{a}szl\'{o} Fuchs posed the following question: which abelian groups arise as the group of units in a ring? In this paper, we investigate a related question: for such realizable groups GG, when is there a ring RR with unit group GG such that every group endomorphism of GG is induced by a ring endomorphism of RR? We answer this question for four common classes of groups: torsion-free abelian groups, groups of odd order, torsion abelian groups, and finitely generated abelian groups.

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@article{arxiv.2308.11815,
  title  = {Fuchs' problem for endomorphisms of abelian groups},
  author = {Sunil K. Chebolu and Keir Lockridge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11815},
  year   = {2023}
}

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13 pages, Accepted for publication in the Journal of Algebra

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