Quasi Co-Hopfian Modules and Applications

We carry out an extensive study of modules M _R with the property that M/f(M) is singular for all injective endomorphisms f of M. Such modules called “quasi co-Hopfian”, generalize co-Hopfian modules. It is shown that a ring R is semisimple if and only if every quasi co-Hopfian R-module is co-Hopfian. Every module contains a unique largest fully invariant quasi co-Hopfian submodule. This submodule is determined for some modules including the semisimple ones. Over right nonsingular rings several equivalent conditions to being quasi co-Hopfian are given. Modules with all submodules quasi co-Hopfian are called “completely quasi co-Hopfian” (cqcH). Over right nonsingular rings and over certain right Noetherian rings, it is proved that every finite reduced rank module is cqcH. For a right nonsingular ring which is right semi-Artinian (resp. right FBN) the class of cqcH modules is the same as the class of finite reduced rank modules if and only if there are only finitely many isomorphism classes of nonsingular R-modules which are simple (resp. indecomposable injective).     

On Cofinitely Lifting and Cofinitely Weak Lifting Modules

We say that a module M is lifting if M is amply supplemented and every supplement submodule of M is a direct summand. The module M is called cofinitely lifting if it is amply cofinitely supplemented and every supplement of any cofinite submodule of M is a direct summand. In this article various properties of cofinitely lifting modules are given. In addition, a generalization of cofinitely lifting modules is investigated.     

The Osofsky-Smith Theorem for Modular Lattices,and Applications (II)

This is the second part of the paper with the same title published in Communications in Algebra in 2011. It contains applications of the Latticial Osofsky–Smith Theorem to Grothendieck categories and module categories equipped with a torsion theory. Various many different meanings spread in the literature of the relative concepts with respect to a hereditary torsion theory τ on Mod-R like τ-essential submodule, τ-complement submodule, τ-CS module, etc. are also discussed.     

On dual of square free modules

A module M is said to be square free if whenever its submodule is isomorphic to N² = N⊕N for some module N, then N = 0. Dually, a module M is said to be d-square free (dual square free) if whenever its factor module is isomorphic to N² for some module N, then N = 0. In this paper, we give some fundamental properties of d-square free modules and study rings whose d-square free modules are closed under submodules or essential extensions.     

Infinite Direct Sums of Lifting Modules

A module M over a ring R is called a lifting module if every submodule A of M contains a direct summand K of M such that A/K is a small submodule of M/K (e.g., local modules are lifting). It is known that a (finite) direct sum of lifting modules need not be lifting. We prove that R is right Noetherian and indecomposable injective right R-modules are hollow if and only if every injective right R-module is a direct sum of lifting modules. We also discuss the case when an infinite direct sum of finitely generated modules containing its radical as a small submodule is lifting.     

On Fully Idempotent Modules

A submodule N of a module M is idempotent if N = Hom(M, N)N. The module M is fully idempotent if every submodule of M is idempotent. We prove that over a commutative ring, cyclic idempotent submodules of any module are direct summands. Counterexamples are given to show that this result is not true in general. It is shown that over commutative Noetherian rings, the fully idempotent modules are precisely the semisimple modules. We also show that the commutative rings over which every module is fully idempotent are exactly the semisimple rings. Idempotent submodules of free modules are characterized.     

Extending modules relative to a torsion theory

An R-module M is said to be an extending module if every closed submodule of M is a direct summand. In this paper we introduce and investigate the concept of a type 2 τ-extending module, where τ is a hereditary torsion theory on Mod-R. An R-module M is called type 2 τ-extending if every type 2 τ-closed submodule of M is a direct summand of M. If τ _I is the torsion theory on Mod-R corresponding to an idempotent ideal I of R and M is a type 2 τ _I -extending R-module, then the question of whether or not M/MI is an extending R/I-module is investigated. In particular, for the Goldie torsion theory τ _G we give an example of a module that is type 2 τ _G -extending but not extending.     

On M-coidempotent elements and fully coidempotent modules

Abstract

In this article, we introduce the notion of M-coidempotent elements of a ring and investigate their connections with fully coidempotent modules, fully copure modules and vn-regular modules where M is a module. We prove that if M is a finitely cogenerated module, then M is fully copure if and only if M is semisimple. We prove that if M is a Noetherian module or M is a finitely cogenerated module, then M is fully coidempotent if and only if M is a vn-regular module. Finally, we give a characterization of semisimple Artinian modules via weak idempotents.     

T-Semisimple Modules and T-Semisimple Rings

We define and investigate t-semisimple modules as a generalization of semisimple modules. A module M is called t-semisimple if every submodule N contains a direct summand K of M such that K is t-essential in N. T-semisimple modules are Morita invariant and they form a strict subclass of t-extending modules. Many equivalent conditions for a module M to be t-semisimple are found. Accordingly, M is t-semisiple, if and only if, M = Z ₂(M) ⊕ S(M) (where Z ₂(M) is the Goldie torsion submodule and S(M) is the sum of nonsingular simple submodules). A ring R is called right t-semisimple if R _R is t-semisimple. Various characterizations of right t-semisimple rings are given. For some types of rings, conditions equivalent to being t-semisimple are found, and this property is investigated in terms of chain conditions.     

δ-M-Small and δ-Harada Modules

Let M be a right R-module and N ∈ σ[M]. A submodule K of N is called δ-M-small if, whenever N = K + X with N/X M-singular, we have N = X. N is called a δ-M-small module if N? K, K is δ-M-small in L for some K, L ∈ σ[M]. In this article, we prove that if M is a finitely generated self-projective generator in σ[M], then M is a Noetherian QF-module if and only if every module in σ[M] is a direct sum of a projective module in σ[M] and a δ-M-small module. As a generalization of a Harada module, a module M is called a δ-Harada module if every injective module in σ[M] is δ _M -lifting. Some properties of δ-Harada modules are investigated and a characterization of a Harada module is also obtained.     

Modules having Baer summands

Let R be an arbitrary ring with identity and M a right R-module with S = End_R(M). Let F be a fully invariant submodule of M and I^?1(F) denotes the set {m∈M:Im?F} for any subset I of S. The module M is called F-Baer if I^?1(F) is a direct summand of M for every left ideal I of S. This work is devoted to the investigation of properties of F-Baer modules. We use F-Baer modules to decompose a module into two parts consists of a Baer module and a module determined by fully invariant submodule F, namely, for a module M, we show that M is F-Baer if and only if M = F⊕N where N is a Baer module. By using F-Baer modules, we obtain some new results for Baer rings.     

On weakly prime radical of modules and semi-compatible modules

Summary Let M be a left R-module. Then a proper submodule P of M is called weakly prime submodule if for any ideals A and B of R and any submodule N of M such that ABN ⊆ P, we have AN ⊆ P or BN ⊆ P. We define weakly prime radicals of modules and show that for Ore domains, the study of weakly prime radicals of general modules reduces to that of torsion modules. We determine the weakly prime radical of any module over a commutative domain R with dim (R) ≦ 1. Also, we show that over a commutative domain R with dim (R) ≦ 1, every semiprime submodule of any module is an intersection of weakly prime submodules. Localization of a module over a commutative ring preserves the weakly prime property. An R-module M is called semi-compatible if every weakly prime submodule of M is an intersection of prime submodules. Also, a ring R is called semi-compatible if every R-module is semi-compatible. It is shown that any projective module over a commutative ring is semi-compatible and that a commutative Noetherian ring R is semi-compatible if and only if for every prime ideal B of R, the ring R/\B is a Dedekind domain. Finally, we show that if R is a UFD such that the free R-module R⊕ R is a semi-compatible module, then R is a Bezout domain.     

Idealization and Theorems of D. D. Anderson

All rings are commutative with identity and all modules are unital. Anderson proved that a submodule N of an R-module M is multiplication (resp. join principal) if and only if 0₍₊₎ N is a multiplication (resp. join principal) ideal or R(M). The idealization of M. In this article we develop more fully the tool of idealization of a module, particularly in the context of multiplication modules, generalizing Anderson's theorems and discussing the behavior under idealization of some ideals and some submodules associated with a module.     

Relative Flatness,Mittag–Leffler Modules,and Endocoherence

Let M _R be a right R-module over a ring R with S = End(M _R ). We study the coherence of the left S-module _S M relative to a hereditary torsion theory for the category of right R-modules. Various results are developed, many extending known results.     

Principally quasi-injective modules

An R-module M is called principally quasi-injective if each R-hornomorphism from a principal submodule of M to M can be extended to an endomorphism of M. Many properties of principally injective rings and quasi-injective modules are extended to these modules. As one application, we show that, for a finite-dimensional quasi-injective module M in which every maximal uniform submodule is fully invariant, there is a bijection between the set of indecomposable summands of M and the maximal left ideals of the endomorphism ring of M

Throughout this paper all rings R are associative with unity, and all modules are unital. We denote the Jacobson radical, the socle and the singular submodule of a module M by J(M), soc(M) and Z(M), respectively, and we write J(M) = J. The notation N ?^ess M means that N is an essential submodule of M.     

Lifting Modules with Indecomposable Decompositions

A module M is called a “lifting module” if, any submodule A of M contains a direct summand B of M such that A/B is small in M/B. This is a generalization of projective modules over perfect rings as well as the dual of extending modules. It is well known that an extending module with ascending chain condition (a.c.c.) on the annihilators of its elements is a direct sum of indecomposable modules. If and when a lifting module has such a decomposition is not known in general. In this article, among other results, we prove that a lifting module M is a direct sum of indecomposable modules if (i) rad(M ^(I)) is small in M ^(I) for every index set I, or, (ii) M has a.c.c. on the annihilators of (certain) elements, and rad(M) is small in M.     

On τ-Extending Modules

Motivated by [2] and [6], we introduce a generalization of extending (CS) modules by using the concept of τ-large submodule which was defined in [9]. We give some properties of this class of modules and study their relationship with the familiar concepts of τ-closed, τ-complement submodules and the other generalization of extending modules (τ-complemented, τ-CS, s−τ-CS modules). We are also interested in determining when a τ-divisible module is τ-extending. For a τ-extending module M with C3, we obtain a decomposition theorem that there is a submodule K of M such that M = t(M) ? KM = \tau (M)\,\oplus\,K and K is τ (M)-injective. We also treat when a direct sum of τ-extending modules is τ-extending.     

Strongly Irreducible Submodules of Modules

Strongly irreducible submodules of modules are defined as follows： A submodule N of an Rmodule M is said to be strongly irreducible if for submodules L and K of M, the inclusion L ∩ K ∈ N implies that either L ∈ N or K ∈ N. The relationship among the families of irreducible, strongly irreducible, prime and primary submodules of an R-module M is considered, and a characterization of Noetherian modules which contain a non-prime strongly irreducible submodule is given.     

MODULES WITH FULLY INVARIANT SUBMODULES ESSENTIAL IN FULLY INVARIANT SUMMANDS

ABSTRACT

A module M is called (strongly) FI-extending if every fully invariant submodule is essential in a (fully invariant) direct summand. The class of strongly FI-extending modules is properly contained in the class of FI-extending modules and includes all nonsingular FI-extending (hence nonsingular extending) modules and all semiprime FI-exten ding rings. In this paper we examine the behavior of the class of strongly FI-extending modules with respect to the preservation of this property in submodules, direct summands, direct sums, and endomorphism rings.