Quasiregular torsion rings having isomorphic additive and circle composition groups

We investigate the role played by torsion properties in determining whether or not a commutative quasiregular ring has its additive and circle composition (or adjoint) groups isomorphic. We clarify and extend some results for nil rings, showing, in particular, that an arbitrary torsion nil ring has the isomorphic groups property if and only if the components from its primary decomposition into p-rings do too. We look at the more specific case of finite rings, extending the work of others to show that a non-trivial ring with the isomorphic groups property can be constructed if the additive group has one of the following groups in its decomposition into cyclic groups: Z2ⁿ(for n ≥ 3), Z2⊕ Z2⊕Z2, Z2⊕ Z4, Z4⊕ Z4, Zp⊕ Zp(for odd primes, p), or Zpⁿ(for odd primes, p, and n ≥ 2). We consider, also, an example of a ring constructed on an infinite torsion group and use a specific case of this to show that the isomorphic groups property is not hereditary. © 1999 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.