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The Baer-Kaplansky theorem for all abelian groups and modules

Group Theory 2021-01-06 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

It is shown that the Baer-Kaplansky theorem can be extended to all abelian groups provided that the rings of endomorphisms of groups are replaced by trusses of endomorphisms of corresponding heaps. That is, every abelian group is determined up to isomorphism by its endomorphism truss and every isomorphism between two endomorphism trusses associated to some abelian groups GG and HH is induced by an isomorphism between GG and HH and an element from HH. This correspondence is then extended to all modules over a ring by considering heaps of modules. It is proved that the truss of endomorphisms of a heap associated to a module MM determines MM as a module over its endomorphism ring.

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@article{arxiv.2101.01452,
  title  = {The Baer-Kaplansky theorem for all abelian groups and modules},
  author = {Simion Breaz and Tomasz Brzeziński},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01452},
  year   = {2021}
}

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11 pages

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