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Smooth unions of Butler groups

  • Ladislav Bican EMAIL logo and K.M Rangaswamy
Published/Copyright: March 2, 2009
Forum Mathematicum
From the journal Volume 10 Issue 2

Abstract

If is the union of a smooth strictly ascending chain of B2-subgroups Gα, then, in the case when κ < ℵω, a criterion is established under which Gbecomes a B2-group. This criterion is dependent on a new class of torsion-free groups and generalizes earlier criteria for freeness established by Paul Hill. The result of S. Shelah and others establishing that, for a weakly compact cardinal κκ-free” implies “free”, is extended to the case of B2-groups.


(Communicated by Rüdiger Göbel)


Received: 1996-07-3
Revised: 1997-01-30
Published Online: 2009-03-02
Published in Print: 1998-03-11

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