Article
Keywords:
torsion-free abelian groups; Butler groups; $B_2$-groups; $\aleph _0$-prebalanced subgroups; completely decomposable groups; separative subgroups
Summary:
It is shown, under ZFC, that a $B_2$-group has the interesting property of being $\aleph _0$-prebalanced in every torsion-free abelian group in which it is a pure subgroup. As a consequence, we obtain alternate proofs of some well-known theorems on $B_2$-groups.
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