On endomorphisms and quasi-endomorphisms of torsionfree groups
It is well-known that every bounded Abelian group is a direct sum of finite cyclic subgroups. We characterize those non-trivial bounded subgroups of an infinite Abelian group , for which there is an infinite subgroup of containing such that has a special decomposition into a direct sum which takes into account the properties of , and which induces a natural decomposition of into a direct sum of finite subgroups.
Suppose is a subgroup of the reduced abelian -group . The following two dual results are proved: If is countable and is an almost totally projective group, then is an almost totally projective group. If is countable and nice in such that is an almost totally projective group, then 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.
We show that finite commutative inverse property loops with elementary abelian inner mapping groups of order are centrally nilpotent of class at most two.