Structure Theorem of Divisible Groups
Let G be a divisible group. One can easily see that the torsion subgroup Tor(G) of G is divisible. Since a divisible group is an injective module, Tor(G) is a direct summand of G. So
As a quotient of a divisible group, G/Tor(G) is divisible. Moreover, it is torsion-free. Thus, it is a vector space over Q and so there exists a set I such that
The structure of the torsion subgroup is harder to determine, but one can show that for all prime numbers p there exists such that
where is the p-primary component of Tor(G).
Thus, if P is the set of prime numbers,
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