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Let \(\Lambda = \mathbb{Z}G\) be the integer group ring of a group, G, of prime order. A main result of this note is that every Λ-module with a free underlying abelian group decomposes into a direct sum of copies of the well-known indecomposable Λ-lattices of finite rank. The first part of the proof reduces the problem to one about countably generated modules, and works in a wider context of suitably restricted modules over orders of finite lattice type of a quite general type. However, for countably generated modules, use is seemingly needed of the classical theory of Λ-lattices.
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Received: 10 July 2003; revised manuscript accepted: 18 February 2004
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Butler, M.C.R., Campbell, J.M. & Kovács, L.G. On infinite rank integral representations of groups and orders of finite lattice type. Arch. Math. 83, 297–308 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-004-1074-3
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