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Strong subgroup chains and the Baer-Specker group

Logic 2009-01-16 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Examples are given of non-elementary properties that are preserved under C-filtrations for various classes C of Abelian groups. The Baer-Specker group is never the union of a chain of proper subgroups with cotorsionfree quotients. Cotorsion-free groups form an abstract elementary class (AEC). The Kaplansky invariants of the Baer-Specker group are used to determine the AECs defined by the perps of the Baer-Specker quotient groups that are obtained by factoring the Baer-Specker group B of a ZFC extension by the Baer-Specker group A of the ground model, under various hypotheses, yielding information about its stability spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.0901.2291,
  title  = {Strong subgroup chains and the Baer-Specker group},
  author = {Oren Kolman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.2291},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages

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