On the existence of uncountable Hopfian and co-Hopfian abelian groups

Gianluca Paolini*, Saharon Shelah

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Abstract

We deal with the problem of existence of uncountable co-Hopfian abelian groups and (absolute) Hopfian abelian groups. Firstly, we prove that there are no co-Hopfian reduced abelian groups G of size < p with infinite Torp(G), and that in particular there are no infinite reduced abelian p-groups of size < p. Secondly, we prove that if 2ℵ0<λ<λℵ0 , and G is abelian of size λ, then G is not co-Hopfian. Finally, we prove that for every cardinal λ there is a torsion-free abelian group G of size λ which is absolutely Hopfian, i.e., G is Hopfian and G remains Hopfian in every forcing extension of the universe.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)533-560
Number of pages28
JournalIsrael Journal of Mathematics
Volume257
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2023

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