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Abelian Groups - László Fuchs [Springer]

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2 Fully Invariant and Large Subgroups 309<br />

Pierce condition if for every k 2 N there is an n 2 N such that every a 2 A with<br />

o.a/ p k and h.a/ n is contained in G, i.e.<br />

p n AŒp k G:<br />

Since (B) completely characterizes large subgroups in bounded groups, our focus<br />

is on unbounded groups.<br />

Theorem 2.3 (Pierce [1]). Let A be an unbounded, reduced p-group. For a fully<br />

invariant subgroup G of A, these are equivalent:<br />

(i) G is a large subgroup of AI<br />

(ii) G D A.r 0 ; r 1 ;:::;r n ;:::/ with a strictly increasing sequence of non-negative<br />

integers r n and symbols 1 .satisfying the gap condition/I<br />

(iii) the Pierce condition holds for G.<br />

Proof.<br />

(i) ) (ii) By Theorem 2.2, G D A. 0 ; 1 ;:::; n ;:::/for suitable n , and in view<br />

of (E), we have n

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