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1.1 MATHEMATICS

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Journal of Algebra

Abstract

It is a well-known homological fact that every Abelian groupGhas the property that Hom(G,−)com-mutes with direct products. Here we investigate the ‘dual’ property: an Abelian groupGis said to be cosmallif Hom(−,G)commutes with direct products. We show that cosmall groups are cotorsion-free and that nogroup of cardinality less than a strongly compact cardinal can be cosmall. In particular, if there is a properclass of strongly compact cardinals, then there are no cosmall group

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https://0.1016/j.jalgebra.2007.05.009


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