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Mathlib.GroupTheory.IndexNSmul

Lemmas about index and multiplication-by-n #

In this file we collect some results involving the multiplication-by-n map nsmulAddMonoidHom n (for a natural number n) on a commutative additive group and the (relative) index of subgroups.

The index of the image of the multiplication-by-n map on an additive group M that is free and finitely generated as a -module is n ^ finrank ℤ M.

The relative index in S of the image of the multiplication-by-n map on an additive subgroup S of an additive group such that S is free and finitely generated as a -module is n ^ finrank ℤ S.

On an additive group that is torsion-free as a -module, the linear map given by multiplication by n : ℕ is injective (when n ≠ 0).

On an additive group that is torsion-free as a -module, the multiplication-by-n map is injective (when n ≠ 0).

If A is a subgroup of finite index of an additive group M that is finitely generated and torsion-free as a -module, then A and M have the same rank.

If A ≤ B are subgroups of an additive group M such that A has finite relative index in B, where B is finitely generated and torsion-free as a -module, then A and B have the same rank.