Starke Kotorsionsmoduln

Suppose that $(R, m)$ is a noetherian local ring and that E is the injective hull of the residue class field $R/m$. Suppose that M is an R-module, $M^0 = {\mbox{\rm Hom}}_R (M, E)$ is the Matlis dual of M and ${\mbox{\rm Coass}(M)} = {\mbox{\rm Ass} (M^0)}$. M is called cotorsion if every prime ideal ${\frak p} \in {\mbox{\rm Coass}}(M)$ is regular; it is called strongly cotorsion if $\cap {\rm Coass}(M)$ is regular. In the first part, we completely describe the structure of the strongly cotorsion modules over R, use this to determine the coassociated prime ideals of the bidual $M^{00}$, and give in the second part criteria for a cotorsion module being strongly cotorsion. Received: 7 March 2002