This is a solution to the
following problem: Which classes of Abelian groups are closed under taking
subgroups and direct limits. (Problem 6(a), L. Fuchs, Infinite Abelian Groups,
I, A-P.) Each such class is uniquely determined by its subclass of finitely
generated Abelian groups, which in turn can be described by a set of numerical
invariants.
In like manner, an analogue for modules over a Dedekind domain is also
obtained.
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