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592 15 Mixed <strong>Groups</strong><br />

is exact. H-exact sequences are evidently balanced-exact. However, the converse is<br />

false (see infra), though they are equivalent for torsion and torsion-free groups. In<br />

fact, for p-groups this follows from Proposition 5.5 in Chapter 11, while for torsionfree<br />

groups, we observe that height-matrices are determined by their first columns,<br />

i.e. by the characteristics.<br />

A useful criterion for balanced-exactness is given in the next lemma.<br />

Lemma 4.5. The sequence 0 ! A ! B ˇ!C ! 0 is balanced-exact if and only if<br />

(i) ˇ.B.// D C./ for every characteristic , and<br />

(ii) ˇ.p BŒp/ D p CŒp for every prime p and ordinal .<br />

Proof. Condition (i) asserts that (15.7) is exact at C./. The rest of the proof is the<br />

same as in Proposition 5.5 in Chapter 11.<br />

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An entirely analogous proof applies to verify:<br />

Lemma 4.6. The sequence 0 ! A ! B ˇ!C ! 0 is H-exact if and only if<br />

(i) ˇ.B.H// D C.H/ for every height-matrix H, and<br />

(ii) ˇ.p BŒp/ D p CŒp for every prime p and every ordinal .<br />

F Notes. This section contains three fundamental concepts needed in the study of mixed<br />

groups. Our discussion above shows the overwhelming influence of p-groups on these concepts.<br />

A brief comment on the definition of niceness. Naturally, one is tempted to define global<br />

niceness as p-niceness for every prime p. The bad news is that under this definition, e.g. pZ would<br />

not be nice in Z (the elements of Z=pZ have infinite q-heights for every prime q ¤ p). The good<br />

news is that this can easily be corrected: localizations provide a useful concept (so that pZ is nice<br />

in Z).<br />

For mixed groups over a complete discrete valuation domain (like J p ) the situation is more<br />

favorable: they are more tractable as we work with one prime only, and the important Lemma 4.2<br />

holds more generally for finitely generated submodules G (Rotman [1], Rotman–Yen [1], and C.M.<br />

Bang [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 28, 381–388 (1971)]).<br />

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Exercises<br />

(1) p A is p-nice in a mixed group A for every ordinal .<br />

(2) Prove that isotypeness is transitive also for mixed groups.<br />

(3) If C is an isotype subgroup of the mixed group A, then the height-matrix of any<br />

c 2 C is the same whether computed in C or in A.<br />

(4) If 0 ! A ! B ! C ! 0 is a balanced-exact sequence, then the induced<br />

sequence 0 ! D A ! D B ! D C ! 0 of the divisible subgroups is splitting<br />

exact. [Hint: choose in (15.7) properly.]<br />

(5) (Irwin–Walker–Walker) An exact sequence 0 ! A ! B ! C ! 0 represents<br />

an element of p 1 Ext.C; A/ if and only if the induced sequence 0 ! A p !<br />

B p ! C p ! 0 of p-components is splitting exact.

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