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Cotorsion-free groups from a topological viewpoint

Algebraic Topology 2018-02-02 v1

Abstract

We present a characterization of cotorsion-free abelian groups in terms of homomorphisms from fundamental groups of Peano continua, which aligns naturally with the generalization of slenderness to non-abelian groups. In the process, we calculate the first homology group of the Griffiths twin cone.

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@article{arxiv.1409.0567,
  title  = {Cotorsion-free groups from a topological viewpoint},
  author = {Katsuya Eda and Hanspeter Fischer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0567},
  year   = {2018}
}

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14 pages

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