On direct sums of -groups
Claudia Metelli (1993)
Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae
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A necessary and sufficient condition is given for the direct sum of two -groups to be (quasi-isomorphic to) a -group. A -group is a torsionfree Abelian group that can be realized as the quotient of a finite direct sum of rank 1 groups modulo a pure subgroup of rank 1.