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I am reading Paul E. Bland's book: Rings and Their Modules and am currently focused on Section 2.1 Direct Products and Direct Sums ... ...
I need help with Problem 1(b) of Problem Set 2.1 ...
Problem 1(b) of Problem Set 2.1 reads as follows:
View attachment 8048I have had difficulty in formulating a rigorous and convincing proof of the statement in Problem 1(b) ... can someone please
(1) critique my attempt at a proof (see below)
(2) provide an alternate rigorous and convincing proof My attempt at a proof is as follows:
We need to demonstrate that \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha = \bigoplus_\Delta M_\alpha\) if and only if \(\displaystyle \Delta\) is a finite set ...Assume \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha = \bigoplus_\Delta M_\alpha \)
The above equality would require all of the terms \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha)\) of \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha\) to have a finite number of components or elements in each \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha)\) ... thus \(\displaystyle \Delta\) is a finite set ...
Assume \(\displaystyle \Delta\) is a finite set
... then \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha\) has terms of the form \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha) = ( x_1, x_2, \ ... \ ... \ , x_n )\) for some \(\displaystyle n \in \mathbb{Z}\) ... ...
and
... \(\displaystyle \bigoplus_\Delta M_\alpha\) has the same terms given that each of the above terms \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha)\) has a finite number of components ...
Hope someone can indicate how to formulate a better proof ...
Peter
I need help with Problem 1(b) of Problem Set 2.1 ...
Problem 1(b) of Problem Set 2.1 reads as follows:
View attachment 8048I have had difficulty in formulating a rigorous and convincing proof of the statement in Problem 1(b) ... can someone please
(1) critique my attempt at a proof (see below)
(2) provide an alternate rigorous and convincing proof My attempt at a proof is as follows:
We need to demonstrate that \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha = \bigoplus_\Delta M_\alpha\) if and only if \(\displaystyle \Delta\) is a finite set ...Assume \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha = \bigoplus_\Delta M_\alpha \)
The above equality would require all of the terms \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha)\) of \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha\) to have a finite number of components or elements in each \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha)\) ... thus \(\displaystyle \Delta\) is a finite set ...
Assume \(\displaystyle \Delta\) is a finite set
... then \(\displaystyle \prod_\Delta M_\alpha\) has terms of the form \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha) = ( x_1, x_2, \ ... \ ... \ , x_n )\) for some \(\displaystyle n \in \mathbb{Z}\) ... ...
and
... \(\displaystyle \bigoplus_\Delta M_\alpha\) has the same terms given that each of the above terms \(\displaystyle (x_\alpha)\) has a finite number of components ...
Hope someone can indicate how to formulate a better proof ...
Peter