Correspondence between Abelian Groups and Z-Modules

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Theorem

Bijection

Let $\Z$ be the ring of integers.

Let $G$ be an abelian group.

Let $M$ be a unitary module over $\Z$.


The following statements are equivalent:

  1. $G$ is the underlying group of $M$.
  2. $M$ is the $\Z$-module associated with $G$.


Homomorphisms

Let $G, H$ be abelian groups.

Let $f : G \to H$ be a mapping.


The following statements are equivalent:

  1. $f$ is a group homomorphism.
  2. $f$ is a $\Z$-module homomorphism between the $\Z$-modules associated with $G$ and $H$.


Isomorphism of categories

Let $\Z$ be the ring of integers.

Let $\mathbf{Ab}$ be the category of abelian groups.

Let $\mathbf{\mathbb Z-Mod}$ be the category of unitary $\Z$-modules.


Then the:

are strict inverse functors.

In particular, $\mathbf{Ab}$ and $\mathbf{\mathbb Z-Mod}$ are isomorphic.