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The torsion-free reflection of the integers direct sum a finite cyclic group
Example
For , let , the direct sum of its two displayed abelian factors. Its torsion subgroup is , so its torsion-free reflection is For the finite cyclic factor and the torsion subgroup are both trivial, and the same formula holds.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A natural number and the two displayed groups.
The external direct product has underlying set of pairs and componentwise operation (The external direct product with componentwise multiplication).
This componentwise operation makes the product a group and its coordinate projections are homomorphisms ( is a group with identity , coordinatewise inverses, and homomorphic coordinate projections).
The full subcategory of torsion-free abelian groups is reflective in , with reflector and unit the quotient map (Torsion-free abelian groups form a reflective full subcategory of abelian groups).
For a full subcategory, a reflector with its adjunction is equivalently a specified universal arrow from each object to the inclusion, the specified arrows being the components of the reflection unit (A full subcategory is reflectively structured exactly when universal arrows are supplied at every ambient object).
Verification
By [L1] and [L2], has componentwise addition. Every is killed by . Conversely, if a nonzero integer kills , then in , so . Hence .
The first projection is a homomorphism by [L2], and it is surjective because for every . Its kernel is by step 1.1, so the induced map , , is a well-defined surjective homomorphism, and it is injective because forces . It is therefore an isomorphism .
By [L3] the reflector sends to with unit the quotient map, and by the equivalence in [L4] that unit is a universal arrow from to the inclusion: every homomorphism with torsion-free factors uniquely through it. Step 2.1 identifies the target of that quotient map with . Thus the computed object has the reflection's universal property.
When , is the trivial group, so step 1.1 gives the zero torsion subgroup and steps 2.1–3.1 remain valid without dividing by a nontrivial integer.
Depends on
- Torsion-free abelian groups form a reflective full subcategory of abelian groups
- The external direct product $G\times H$ with componentwise multiplication
- $G\times H$ is a group with identity $(e_G,e_H)$, coordinatewise inverses, and homomorphic coordinate projections
- A full subcategory is reflectively structured exactly when universal arrows are supplied at every ambient object
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