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 ℤ-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 ℤ-module is n ^ finrank ℤ S.
On an additive group that is torsion-free as a ℤ-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 ℤ-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 ℤ-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 ℤ-module, then A and B
have the same rank.