Test groups for whitehead groups

Paul C. Eklof; László Fuchs; Saharon Shelah

doi:10.1216/RMJ-2012-42-6-1863

Test groups for whitehead groups

Paul C. Eklof, László Fuchs, Saharon Shelah

Einstein Institute of Mathematics

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Abstract

We consider the question of when the dual of a Whitehead group is a test group for Whitehead groups. This turns out to be equivalent to the question of when the tensor product of two Whitehead groups is Whitehead. We investigate what happens in different models of set theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1863-1873
Number of pages	11
Journal	Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
Volume	42
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1216/RMJ-2012-42-6-1863
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Dual group
Tensor product
Whitehead group

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