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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[An Alternative Proof of Hill's Criterion of Freeness for Abelian Groups]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Una prueba alternativa del criterio de Hill para grupos abelianos libres]]></article-title>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes  ]]></institution>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En este trabajo se proporciona una nueva demostración del criterio de Hill para grupos abelianos libres. La demostración se basa en la construcción de una G(&alefsym;0)-familia de subgrupos en los eslabones del teorema de Hill y, prioritariamente, en la construcción de una familia tal de subgrupos puros.]]></p></abstract>
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An Alternative Proof of Hill's Criterion of Freeness for Abelian Groups
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Una prueba alternativa del criterio de Hill para grupos abelianos libres
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JORGE EDUARDO MAC&Iacute;AS-D&Iacute;AZ<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>1</sup>Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, M&eacute;xico. Email: <a href="mailto:jemacias@correo.uaa.mx">jemacias@correo.uaa.mx</a>
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Abstract
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In this note we provide a different proof of Hill's criteria of freeness for abelian groups. Our proof hinges on the construction of suitable <i>G(&alefsym;<sub>0</sub>)</i>-families of subgroups of the links in Hill's theorem and, ultimately, on the construction of such a family of pure subgroups of the group itself.
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Key words:
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Abelian group,
Freeness,
Hill's criterion,
<i>G(&alefsym;<sub>0</sub>)</i>-family,
Purity.
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<i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 20K20, 03E75, 20K25.</i>

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Resumen
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En este trabajo se proporciona una nueva demostraci&oacute;n del criterio de Hill para grupos abelianos libres. La demostraci&oacute;n se basa en la construcci&oacute;n de una <i>G(&alefsym;<sub>0</sub>)</i>-familia de subgrupos en los eslabones del teorema de Hill y, prioritariamente, en la construcci&oacute;n de una familia tal de subgrupos puros.
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Palabras clave:
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Grupo abeliano,
libertad,
criterio de Hill,
<i>G(&alefsym;<sub>0</sub>)</i>-familia,
pureza.
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References
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[1] P. Hill, `On the Freeness of Abelian Groups: A Generalization of Pontryagin's Theorem´, <i>Bullet. Amer. Math. Soc.</i> <i>76</i>, 5 (1970), 1118-1120.
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[2] T. Jech, Set Theory, `Springer Monographs in Mathematics´, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2003.
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[3] L. Pontryagin, `The Theory of Topological Commutative Groups´, <i>Annals of Math.</i> <i>35</i>, 2 (1934), 361-388.
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<b>(Recibido en julio de 2008. Aceptado en abril de 2010)</b>
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