Let R be a subring of the rationals. We want to investigate self splitting R-modules G, that is, such that $Ex{t}_R(G,G)=0$. For simplicity we will call such modules splitters (see [10]). Also other names like stones are used (see a dictionary in Ringel’s paper [8]). Our investigation continues [5]. In [5] we answered an open problem by constructing a large class of splitters. Classical splitters are free modules and torsion-free, algebraically compact ones. In [5] we concentrated on splitters which are larger...

Let R be a unital commutative ring and A a unital R-algebra. We introduce the category of E(A,R)-modules which is a natural extension of the category of E-modules. The properties of E(A,R)-modules are studied; in particular we consider the subclass of E(R)-algebras. This subclass is of special interest since it coincides with the class of E-rings in the case R = ℤ. Assuming diamond ⋄, almost-free E(R)-algebras of cardinality κ are constructed for any regular non-weakly compact cardinal κ > ℵ...

Let R be a subring of the rational numbers ℚ. We recall from [3] that an R-module G is a splitter if $Ext{¹}_R(G,G)=0$. In this note we correct the statement of Main Theorem 1.5 in [3] and discuss the existence of non-free splitters of cardinality ℵ₁ under the negation of the special continuum hypothesis CH.

Let R be a ring with identity such that R⁺, the additive group of R, is torsion-free. If there is some R-module M such that $R\subseteq M\subseteq \mathbb{Q}R(=\mathbb{Q}{\otimes }_{\mathbb{Z}}R)$ and $En{d}_{\mathbb{Z}}\left(M\right)=R$, we call R a Zassenhaus ring. Hans Zassenhaus showed in 1967 that whenever R⁺ is free of finite rank, then R is a Zassenhaus ring. We will show that if R⁺ is free of countable rank and each element of R is algebraic over ℚ, then R is a Zassenhaus ring. We will give an example showing that this restriction on R is needed. Moreover, we will show that a ring due to A....

Let $S\left(RG\right)$ be a normed Sylow $p$-subgroup in a group ring $RG$ of an abelian group $G$ with $p$-component $G_p$ and a $p$-basic subgroup $B$ over a commutative unitary ring $R$ with prime characteristic $p$. The first central result is that $1+I(RG;B_p)+I(R\left(p^i\right)G;G)$ is basic in $S\left(RG\right)$ and $B[1+I(RG;B_p)+I(R\left(p^i\right)G;G)]$ is $p$-basic in $V\left(RG\right)$, and $[1+I(RG;B_p)+I(R\left(p^i\right)G;G)]G_p/G_p$ is basic in $S\left(RG\right)/G_p$ and $[1+I(RG;B_p)+I(R\left(p^i\right)G;G)]G/G$ is $p$-basic in $V\left(RG\right)/G$, provided in both cases $G/G_p$ is $p$-divisible and $R$ is such that its maximal perfect subring $R^{p^i}$ has no nilpotents whenever $i$ is natural. The second major result is that $B(1+I(RG;B_p))$ is $p$-basic in $V\left(RG\right)$ and $(1+I(RG;B_p))G/G$ is $p$-basic in $V\left(RG\right)/G$,...

Suppose $F$ is a perfect field of $\mathrm{c}harF=p\ne 0$ and $G$ is an arbitrary abelian multiplicative group with a $p$-basic subgroup $B$ and $p$-component $G_p$. Let $FG$ be the group algebra with normed group of all units $V\left(FG\right)$ and its Sylow $p$-subgroup $S\left(FG\right)$, and let $I_p(FG;B)$ be the nilradical of the relative augmentation ideal $I(FG;B)$ of $FG$ with respect to $B$. The main results that motivate this article are that $1+I_p(FG;B)$ is basic in $S\left(FG\right)$, and $B(1+I_p(FG;B))$ is $p$-basic in $V\left(FG\right)$ provided $G$ is $p$-mixed. These achievements extend in some way a result of N. Nachev (1996) in Houston...

A torsion-free group is a $B_2$-group if and only if it has an axiom-3 family $ℭ$ of decent subgroups such that each member of $ℭ$ has such a family, too. Such a family is called $S{L}_{{\aleph }_0}$-family. Further, a version of Shelah’s Singular Compactness having a rather simple proof is presented. As a consequence, a short proof of a result [R1] stating that a torsion-free group $B$ in a prebalanced and TEP exact sequence $0\to K\to C\to B\to 0$ is a $B_2$-group provided $K$ and $C$ are so.

In this paper we improve recent results dealing with cellular covers of R-modules. Cellular covers (sometimes called colocalizations) come up in the context of homotopical localization of topological spaces. They are related to idempotent cotriples, idempotent comonads or coreflectors in category theory. Recall that a homomorphism of R-modules π: G → H is called a cellular cover over H if π induces an isomorphism $\pi ⁎:Ho{m}_R(G,G)\cong Ho{m}_R(G,H)$, where π⁎(φ) = πφ for each $\phi \in Ho{m}_R(G,G)$ (where maps are acting on the left). On the one hand,...

Let $A$ be a finite subset of an abelian group $G$ and let $P$ be a closed half-plane of the complex plane, containing zero. We show that (unless $A$ possesses a special, explicitly indicated structure) there exists a non-trivial Fourier coefficient of the indicator function of $A$ which belongs to $P$. In other words, there exists a non-trivial character $\chi \in \widehat{G}$ such that ${\sum }_{a\in A}\chi \left(a\right)\in P$.

The discrete algebras $A$ over a commutative ring $R$ which can be realized as the full endomorphism algebra of a torsion-free $R$-module have been investigated by Dugas and Göbel under the additional set-theoretic axiom of constructibility, $V=L$. Many interesting results have been obtained for cotorsion-free algebras but the proofs involve rather elaborate calculations in linear algebra. Here these results are rederived in a more natural topological setting and substantial generalizations to topological...

The paper deals with realizations of R-algebras A as endomorphism algebras End G ≅ A of suitable R-modules G over a commutative ring R. We are mainly interested in the case of R having "many prime ideals", such as R = ℝ[x], the ring of real polynomials, or R a non-discrete valuation domain