Let $G$ be an abelian group, $R$ a commutative ring of prime characteristic $p$ with identity and $R_{t}G$ a commutative twisted group ring of $G$ over $R$. Suppose $p$ is a fixed prime, $G_p$ and $S\left(R_{t}G\right)$ are the $p$-components of $G$ and of the unit group $U\left(R_{t}G\right)$ of $R_{t}G$, respectively. Let $R^{*}$ be the multiplicative group of $R$ and let $f_{\alpha }\left(S\right)$ be the $\alpha$-th Ulm-Kaplansky invariant of $S\left(R_{t}G\right)$ where $\alpha$ is any ordinal. In the paper the invariants $f_n\left(S\right)$, $n\in \mathbb{N}\cup \left\{0\right\}$, are calculated, provided $G_p=1$. Further, a commutative ring $R$ with identity of prime characteristic $p$ is said...

It is proved that if $A$ is an abelian $p$-group with a pure subgroup $G$ so that $A/G$ is at most countable and $G$ is either $p^{\omega +n}$-totally projective or $p^{\omega +n}$-summable, then $A$ is either $p^{\omega +n}$-totally projective or $p^{\omega +n}$-summable as well. Moreover, if in addition $G$ is nice in $A$, then $G$ being either strongly $p^{\omega +n}$-totally projective or strongly $p^{\omega +n}$-summable implies that so is $A$. This generalizes a classical result of Wallace (J. Algebra, 1971) for totally projective $p$-groups as well as continues our recent investigations in (Arch....

Suppose $G$ is a subgroup of the reduced abelian $p$-group $A$. The following two dual results are proved: $(*)$ If $A/G$ is countable and $G$ is an almost totally projective group, then $A$ is an almost totally projective group. $(**)$ If $G$ is countable and nice in $A$ such that $A/G$ is an almost totally projective group, then $A$ is an almost totally projective group. These results somewhat strengthen theorems due to Wallace (J. Algebra, 1971) and Hill (Comment. Math. Univ. Carol., 1995), respectively.

As is well known, torsion abelian groups are not preserved by localization functors. However, Libman proved that the cardinality of LT is bounded by ${\left|T\right|}^{\aleph ₀}$ whenever T is torsion abelian and L is a localization functor. In this paper we study localizations of torsion abelian groups and investigate new examples. In particular we prove that the structure of LT is determined by the structure of the localization of the primary components of T in many cases. Furthermore, we completely characterize the relationship...

We show the inheritance of summable property for certain fully invariant subgroups by the whole group and vice versa. The results are somewhat parallel to these due to Linton (Mich. Math. J., 1975) and Linton-Megibben (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 1977). They also generalize recent assertions of ours in (Alg. Colloq., 2009) and (Bull. Allah. Math. Soc., 2008)