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<journal-id>0034-7426</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Weakly compact cardinals and &kappa;-torsionless modules]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cardinales compacto débiles y módulos &kappa;-sin torsión]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[NIDO]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JUAN]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[MENDOZA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[PABLO]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[VILLEGAS]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LUIS]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D. F. ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D. F. ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<aff id="A03">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D. F. ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>15</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>15</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<volume>43</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>139</fpage>
<lpage>164</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En este trabajo se demuestra que todo R-módulo &kappa;-sin torsión M de cardinalidad &kappa; es sin torsión cuando |R|<&kappa;. También establecemos algunas propiedades de cerradura para ultraproductos y productos directos de módulos &kappa;-sin torsión. Damos un ejemplo de un módulo &kappa;-sin torsión que no es sin torsión, cuando &kappa; no es compacto débil.]]></p></abstract>
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Weakly compact cardinals and <i><b>&kappa;</b></i>-torsionless modules
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Cardinales compacto d&eacute;biles y m&oacute;dulos <i><b>&kappa;</b></i>-sin torsi&oacute;n
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JUAN NIDO<sup>1</sup>,
PABLO MENDOZA<sup>2</sup>,
LUIS VILLEGAS<sup>3</sup>
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<sup>1</sup>Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de la Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico D. F., M&eacute;xico. Email: <a href="mailto:juan_nido@hotmail.com">juan_nido@hotmail.com</a>
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<sup>2</sup>Instituto Polit&eacute;cnico Nacional, M&eacute;xico D. F., M&eacute;xico. Email: <a href="mailto:pmendozai@ipn.mx">pmendozai@ipn.mx</a>
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<sup>3</sup>Universidad Aut&oacute;noma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, M&eacute;xico D. F., M&eacute;xico. Email: <a href="mailto:lmvs@xanum.uam.mx">lmvs@xanum.uam.mx</a>
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Abstract
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We shall prove that every <i>&kappa;</i>-torsionless <i>R</i>-module <i>M</i> of cardinality <i>&kappa;</i> is torsionless whenever <i>&kappa;</i> is weakly compact and <i>|R|&lt;&kappa;</i>. We also provide some closure properties for ultraproducts and direct products of <i>&kappa;</i>-torsionless modules. We give an example of a <i>&kappa;</i>-torsionless module which is not torsionless, when <i>&kappa;</i> is not weakly compact.
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Key words:
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Torsionless module,
<i>&kappa;</i>-torsionless module,
weaklycompact cardinal,
slender rings.
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<i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 03E02,03E55, 16D80, 03E75, 03C20.</i>

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Resumen
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En este trabajo se demuestra que todo <i>R</i>-m&oacute;dulo <i>&kappa;</i>-sin torsi&oacute;n <i>M</i> de cardinalidad <i>&kappa;</i> es sin torsi&oacute;n cuando <i>|R|&lt;&kappa;</i>. Tambi&eacute;n establecemos algunas propiedades de cerradura para ultraproductos y productos directos de m&oacute;dulos <i>&kappa;</i>-sin torsi&oacute;n. Damos un ejemplo de un m&oacute;dulo <i>&kappa;</i>-sin torsi&oacute;n que no es sin torsi&oacute;n, cuando <i>&kappa;</i> no es compacto d&eacute;bil.
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Palabras clave:
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M&oacute;dulo sin torsi&oacute;n,
m&oacute;dulo <i>&kappa;</i>-sin torsi&oacute;n,
cardinal compacto d&eacute;bil,
anillo delgado.
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