Mathematics – Group Theory
Scientific paper
2010-01-14
Mathematics
Group Theory
11 pages
Scientific paper
Recall that a homomorphism of $R$-modules $\pi: G\to H$ is called a {\it cellular cover} over $H$ if $\pi$ induces an isomorphism $\pi_*: \Hom_R(G,G)\cong \Hom_R(G,H),$ where $\pi_*(\varphi)= \pi \varphi$ for each $\varphi \in \Hom_R(G,G)$ (where maps are acting on the left). In this paper we show that every cotorsion-free module $K$ of finite rank can be realized as the kernel of a cellular cover of some cotorsion-free module of rank 2. In particular, every free abelian group of any finite rank appears then as the kernel of a cellular cover of a cotorsion-free abelian group of rank 2. This situation is best possible in the sense that cotorsion-free abelian groups of rank 1 do not admit cellular covers with free kernel except for the trivial ones. This work comes motivated by an example due to Buckner and Dugas, and recent results obtained by G\"obel--Rodr\'iguez--Str\"ungmann, and Fuchs--G\"obel.
Rodriguez Jose L.
Strüngmann Lutz
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