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The Fundamental theorem of finitely generated abelian groups says that every finitely generated abelian group is isomorphic to
The rank of an abelian group and the invariant factors are uniquely determined, with the finite summand allowed to be absent. Equivalently, one can decompose the torsion subgroup into cyclic groups of prime-power orders. The infinite cyclic part and torsion part must both be included in the statement.

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