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On uncountable abelian groups

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We continue the investigation from [10], [11], [12] on uncountable abelian groups. This paper tends more to group theory and was motivated by Nunke’s statement (in [9]) that Whitehead problem, rephrased properly, is not solved yet.

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  1. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Saharon Shelah

  2. University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    Saharon Shelah

  3. University of California, Irvine, California, USA

    Saharon Shelah

  4. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Saharon Shelah

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The author would like to thank the NSF for partially supporting this research by grants 144-H747 and M2S76-08479, and the BSF for partially supporting this research by grant 1110.

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Shelah, S. On uncountable abelian groups. Israel J. Math. 32, 311–330 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02760461

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