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Orthogonality relations on Abelian groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

G. Davis
Affiliation:
La Trobe UniversityBundoora 3083, Australia
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Abstract: An orthogonality relation is an abstract relation on a group having properties similar to the relation on a l-group given by xy if ¦x¦ ∧¦y│ = 0. A group G with an orthogonality relation ⊥ is isomorphically represented as a subgroups of the group Γ of continuous global sections of a sheaf of groups. If the stalks of the sheaf are torsion-free and G has and element 1 satisfying 1 = (0) then Γ can be ordered so that is is an l-group and x ⊥ y if and only if │x¦ ∧ ¦y¦ = 0 in Γ. An l-group G is complemented if for all x, yG there is an a ∈ xx⊥⊥ with ya⊥⊥: equivalent conditions are given for G to be complemented.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1975

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