Butler group
In mathematics, a Butler group is a group that is the image of a completely decomposable abelian group of finite rank. They were introduced by M. C. R. Butler (1965).
References
- Butler, M. C. R. (1965), "A class of torsion-free abelian groups of finite rank", Proc. London Math. Soc. (3), 15: 680–698, MR 0218446
- Fuchs, L. (2001), "Butler group", in Hazewinkel, Michiel, Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Springer, ISBN 978-1-55608-010-4
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