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Varieties whose finitely generated members are free

Rings and Algebras 2016-09-13 v2

Abstract

We prove that a variety of algebras whose finitely generated members are free must be definitionally equivalent to the variety of sets, the variety of pointed sets, a variety of vector spaces over a division ring, or a variety of affine vector spaces over a division ring.

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@article{arxiv.1508.03807,
  title  = {Varieties whose finitely generated members are free},
  author = {Keith A. Kearnes and Emil W. Kiss and Agnes Szendrei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03807},
  year   = {2016}
}

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17 pages

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