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For an arbitrary finitely generated Abelian Group 
, the rank of 
 is defined to be the rank of the Free
generating Subset 
 modulo its Torsion Subgroup.  For a finitely generated
Group, the rank is defined to be the rank of its ``Abelianization.''
See also Abelian Group, Betti Number, Burnside Problem, Quasithin Theorem, Quasi-Unipotent Group, Torsion (Group Theory)