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Is $\mathbb{Z}^{\omega}$ ever the union of a chain of proper subgroups each isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}^{\omega}$?

Recall that the covering number $cov(B)$ is the least cardinal $\kappa$ such that $\kappa$ meagre sets cover the real line. Andreas Blass and John Irwin http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~ablass/bb.pdf ...
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Is $(\mathbb{R}, +)$ still injective as long as $(\mathbb{Q},+)$ is?

It is known that the existence of nontrivial injective abelian groups is independent of choice in ZF (or, rather, ZFA). In particular, $\mathbb{Q}$ is not provably injective, much less $\mathbb{R}$, ...
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A $\mathsf{ZF}$ example of a nonreflexive group which is isomorphic to its double dual?

Given a group $G$ denote by $G^\ast=\mathrm{Hom}(G,\Bbb Z)$ its dual and by $j\colon G\to G^{\ast\ast}$ the canonical homomorphism $g\mapsto (f\mapsto f(g))$. A group is reflexive iff $j$ is an ...
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Can an infinite abelian $p$-group be tall and thin?

Does there exist an abelian $p$-group $A$ with countable Ulm invariants and uncountable height? Here by height, I mean the minimal ordinal $\rho$ such that $p^\rho A$ is divisible [1]. For an ordinal ...
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