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Freely indecomposable almost free groups with free abelianization

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Abstract For certain uncountable cardinals κ, we produce a group of cardinality κ which is freely indecomposable, strongly κ-free, and whose abelianization is free abelian of rank κ. The construction… Click to show full abstract

Abstract For certain uncountable cardinals κ, we produce a group of cardinality κ which is freely indecomposable, strongly κ-free, and whose abelianization is free abelian of rank κ. The construction takes place in Gödel’s constructible universe L. This strengthens an earlier result of Eklof and Mekler.

Keywords: abelianization; free groups; freely indecomposable; groups free; almost free; indecomposable almost

Journal Title: Journal of Group Theory
Year Published: 2019

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