Residually cyclic group

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Definition

A group is termed residually cyclic if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:

1. For every non-identity element, there is a normal subgroup of finite index of the whole group not containing that element, such that the quotient group is a cyclic group.
2. The group is isomorphic to a subdirect product of cyclic groups.
3. The group can be embedded as a subgroup in a direct product of cyclic groups.

Relation with other properties

Stronger properties

Property	Meaning	Proof of implication	Proof of strictness (reverse implication failure)	Intermediate notions
Cyclic group				|FULL LIST, MORE INFO
Finitely generated abelian group				|FULL LIST, MORE INFO

Weaker properties

Property	Meaning	Proof of implication	Proof of strictness (reverse implication failure)	Intermediate notions
Residually finitely generated group				|FULL LIST, MORE INFO
Abelian group				|FULL LIST, MORE INFO