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As I understand, if $0\rightarrow A\rightarrow X\rightarrow B\rightarrow 0$ is a short exact sequence of abelian groups, $\mbox{Ext }_{\mathbb{Z}}^{1}(B,A)$ gives all the isomorphism classes of what can come in as $X$. But when I consider $0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow X\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/(3)\rightarrow 0$$0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow X\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/(3)\rightarrow 0 $,$\ \ \ $ $\mbox{Ext } _{\mathbb{Z}}(\mathbb{Z}/(3),\mathbb{Z})=\mathbb{Z}/(3)\ \ $ but all I can think of for $X$ are only two, $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/(3)$. Am I missing something or am I not understanding the result of extension problem correctly?

As I understand, if $0\rightarrow A\rightarrow X\rightarrow B\rightarrow 0$ is a short exact sequence of abelian groups, $\mbox{Ext }_{\mathbb{Z}}^{1}(B,A)$ gives all the isomorphism classes of what can come in as $X$. But when I consider $0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow X\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/(3)\rightarrow 0$, all I can think of for $X$ are only two, $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/(3)$. Am I missing something or am I not understanding the result of extension problem correctly?

As I understand, if $0\rightarrow A\rightarrow X\rightarrow B\rightarrow 0$ is a short exact sequence of abelian groups, $\mbox{Ext }_{\mathbb{Z}}^{1}(B,A)$ gives all the isomorphism classes of what can come in as $X$. But when I consider $0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow X\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/(3)\rightarrow 0 $,$\ \ \ $ $\mbox{Ext } _{\mathbb{Z}}(\mathbb{Z}/(3),\mathbb{Z})=\mathbb{Z}/(3)\ \ $ but all I can think of for $X$ are only two, $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/(3)$. Am I missing something or am I not understanding the result of extension problem correctly?

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Extension problem

As I understand, if $0\rightarrow A\rightarrow X\rightarrow B\rightarrow 0$ is a short exact sequence of abelian groups, $\mbox{Ext }_{\mathbb{Z}}^{1}(B,A)$ gives all the isomorphism classes of what can come in as $X$. But when I consider $0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow X\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/(3)\rightarrow 0$, all I can think of for $X$ are only two, $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Z}\oplus\mathbb{Z}/(3)$. Am I missing something or am I not understanding the result of extension problem correctly?