Abstract:It is demonstrated that an isotype subgroup of a simply presented abelian group can be simply presented without being a separable subgroup. In particular, the conjecture based on a variety of special cases that Warfield groups are absolutely separable is disproved.
 Keywords: Warfield groups, simply presented, isotype subgroup, separable subgroup 
 AMS Subject Classification: Primary 20K21, 20K27; Secondary 20F05