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Number of generators of subgroup



Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Torsion subgroupOn the minimal number of generators of a finite groupBound number of generators of a subgroup of a nilpotent group?Minimal number of generators for a finitely generated abelian $p$-groupA question on finitely generated Abelian groups with a minimal number of generatorsFactoring an Abelian groupThe number of internal direct summands of a finitely generated abelian groupFree group generated by two generators is isomorphic to product of two infinite cyclic groupsAlternative proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Abelian Groups??Hungerford Chapter 2 Section 2 Problem 2 WITHOUT using the structure theorem of finite abelian groups












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I am trying to prove the following.



let $G$ be a finitely generated abelian group, and $H<G$ a subgroup such that there exists a subgroup $K<G$ and we can write $G=H oplus K$. Is it true that the minimal number of generators of H is strictly smaller than the minimal number of generators of $G$?



Clearly if G can not be written as a direct summand of $H$ then this is not true, just consider $G= mathbb{Z}$ and $H=2mathbb{Z}$.



I would like to prove it because I believe it can provide a simpler proof for the characterization of finitely generated abelian groups.










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    $mathbb Zbig / 2mathbb Z oplus mathbb Zbig / 3mathbb Z $ is cyclic.
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    Worth noting: "number of generators" is not well defined. I'm guessing you mean "minimal number of generators", but you should say so,
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    Thank you for pointing that out. I will edit to correct it.
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$begingroup$


I am trying to prove the following.



let $G$ be a finitely generated abelian group, and $H<G$ a subgroup such that there exists a subgroup $K<G$ and we can write $G=H oplus K$. Is it true that the minimal number of generators of H is strictly smaller than the minimal number of generators of $G$?



Clearly if G can not be written as a direct summand of $H$ then this is not true, just consider $G= mathbb{Z}$ and $H=2mathbb{Z}$.



I would like to prove it because I believe it can provide a simpler proof for the characterization of finitely generated abelian groups.










share|cite|improve this question











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  • $begingroup$
    $mathbb Zbig / 2mathbb Z oplus mathbb Zbig / 3mathbb Z $ is cyclic.
    $endgroup$
    – lulu
    4 hours ago






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    $begingroup$
    Worth noting: "number of generators" is not well defined. I'm guessing you mean "minimal number of generators", but you should say so,
    $endgroup$
    – lulu
    4 hours ago










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    Thank you for pointing that out. I will edit to correct it.
    $endgroup$
    – Charles
    4 hours ago














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$begingroup$


I am trying to prove the following.



let $G$ be a finitely generated abelian group, and $H<G$ a subgroup such that there exists a subgroup $K<G$ and we can write $G=H oplus K$. Is it true that the minimal number of generators of H is strictly smaller than the minimal number of generators of $G$?



Clearly if G can not be written as a direct summand of $H$ then this is not true, just consider $G= mathbb{Z}$ and $H=2mathbb{Z}$.



I would like to prove it because I believe it can provide a simpler proof for the characterization of finitely generated abelian groups.










share|cite|improve this question











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I am trying to prove the following.



let $G$ be a finitely generated abelian group, and $H<G$ a subgroup such that there exists a subgroup $K<G$ and we can write $G=H oplus K$. Is it true that the minimal number of generators of H is strictly smaller than the minimal number of generators of $G$?



Clearly if G can not be written as a direct summand of $H$ then this is not true, just consider $G= mathbb{Z}$ and $H=2mathbb{Z}$.



I would like to prove it because I believe it can provide a simpler proof for the characterization of finitely generated abelian groups.







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  • $begingroup$
    $mathbb Zbig / 2mathbb Z oplus mathbb Zbig / 3mathbb Z $ is cyclic.
    $endgroup$
    – lulu
    4 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Worth noting: "number of generators" is not well defined. I'm guessing you mean "minimal number of generators", but you should say so,
    $endgroup$
    – lulu
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    Thank you for pointing that out. I will edit to correct it.
    $endgroup$
    – Charles
    4 hours ago


















  • $begingroup$
    $mathbb Zbig / 2mathbb Z oplus mathbb Zbig / 3mathbb Z $ is cyclic.
    $endgroup$
    – lulu
    4 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Worth noting: "number of generators" is not well defined. I'm guessing you mean "minimal number of generators", but you should say so,
    $endgroup$
    – lulu
    4 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    Thank you for pointing that out. I will edit to correct it.
    $endgroup$
    – Charles
    4 hours ago
















$begingroup$
$mathbb Zbig / 2mathbb Z oplus mathbb Zbig / 3mathbb Z $ is cyclic.
$endgroup$
– lulu
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
$mathbb Zbig / 2mathbb Z oplus mathbb Zbig / 3mathbb Z $ is cyclic.
$endgroup$
– lulu
4 hours ago




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2




$begingroup$
Worth noting: "number of generators" is not well defined. I'm guessing you mean "minimal number of generators", but you should say so,
$endgroup$
– lulu
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
Worth noting: "number of generators" is not well defined. I'm guessing you mean "minimal number of generators", but you should say so,
$endgroup$
– lulu
4 hours ago












$begingroup$
Thank you for pointing that out. I will edit to correct it.
$endgroup$
– Charles
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
Thank you for pointing that out. I will edit to correct it.
$endgroup$
– Charles
4 hours ago










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No, it is not true. Consider $mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3$. This has a generator $(1,1)$. Note that
$$0oplusmathbb{Z}_3<mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3 ,$$
and
$$(mathbb{Z}_2oplus 0)oplus(0oplusmathbb{Z_3})=mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3.$$
However, $0oplusmathbb{Z}_3$ is generated by $(0,1).$






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    No, it is not true. Consider $mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3$. This has a generator $(1,1)$. Note that
    $$0oplusmathbb{Z}_3<mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3 ,$$
    and
    $$(mathbb{Z}_2oplus 0)oplus(0oplusmathbb{Z_3})=mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3.$$
    However, $0oplusmathbb{Z}_3$ is generated by $(0,1).$






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      No, it is not true. Consider $mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3$. This has a generator $(1,1)$. Note that
      $$0oplusmathbb{Z}_3<mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3 ,$$
      and
      $$(mathbb{Z}_2oplus 0)oplus(0oplusmathbb{Z_3})=mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3.$$
      However, $0oplusmathbb{Z}_3$ is generated by $(0,1).$






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        No, it is not true. Consider $mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3$. This has a generator $(1,1)$. Note that
        $$0oplusmathbb{Z}_3<mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3 ,$$
        and
        $$(mathbb{Z}_2oplus 0)oplus(0oplusmathbb{Z_3})=mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3.$$
        However, $0oplusmathbb{Z}_3$ is generated by $(0,1).$






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        No, it is not true. Consider $mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3$. This has a generator $(1,1)$. Note that
        $$0oplusmathbb{Z}_3<mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3 ,$$
        and
        $$(mathbb{Z}_2oplus 0)oplus(0oplusmathbb{Z_3})=mathbb{Z}_2oplusmathbb{Z}_3.$$
        However, $0oplusmathbb{Z}_3$ is generated by $(0,1).$







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