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On the Classification Problem for Rank 2 Torsion-Free Abelian Groups
Department of Mathematics, Caltech Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Received 15 June 1999. Revision received 16 November 1999.
We study here some foundational aspects of the classification problem for torsion-free abelian groups of finite rank. These are, up to isomorphism, the subgroups of the additive groups (Qn, +), for some n = 1, 2, 3,.... The torsion-free abelian groups of rank
n are the subgroups of (Qn, +).