Near Isomorphism for a Class of Infinite Rank Torsion-Free Abelian Groups

Author: Blagoveshchenskaya Ekaterina  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0092-7872

Source: Communications in Algebra, Vol.35, Iss.3, 2007-03, pp. : 1055-1072

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Abstract

The notion of "near isomorphism" for torsion-free Abelian groups of finite rank is well known. In particular, this concept turned out to be of importance for classifying almost completely decomposable groups. We extend near isomorphism to classes of torsion-free Abelian groups of infinite rank which are unions of bcd-groups, this is to say unions of groups which are bounded essential extensions of completely decomposable groups. Moreover, we show that nearly isomorphic groups of this class also have nearly isomorphic endomorphism rings considered as Abelian groups.