The generalisation of some invariants of modules to groups with operators

Abstract

The article $-$ part of a larger thesis which aims to give a detailed description of the generalisation to the category of groups with operators of the classical theory of semisimplicity for modules $-$ presents a straightforward generalisation to groups with operators of a number of invariants well-known in the theory of modules, having a special bearing on phenomena of semisimplicity. The behaviour of these generalised invariants in relation to the fundamental construction of restricted direct sums and in particular in the context of semisimple groups with operators is in particular examined. The article also introduces a particular type of morphisms between groups with operators, morphisms which naturally preserve the generalised invariants in question and thus show themselves to be an adequate notion for the study of semisimplicity in the more general frame considered.