Weakly regular modules over normal rings

Under study are some conditions for the weakly regular modules to be closed under direct sums and the rings over which all modules are weakly regular. For an arbitrary right R-module M, we prove that every module in the category σ(M) is weakly regular if and only if each module in σ(M) is either semisimple or contains a nonzero M-injective submodule. We describe the normal rings over which all modules are weakly regular.     

On regular rings and V-rings

In this note, certain generalisations of strongly regular rings are considered in connection with regular rings andV-rings. The result that strongly regular rings are left (and right)V-rings [11] is extended. A condition for prime leftV-rings to be primitive with non-zero socle is given (this is related to a question ofFisher [7, Problem 3]. IfA is an ALD (almost left duo) ring, then (1) a simple leftA-module is injective iff it isp-injective; (2)A is von Neumann regular iff every maximal essential right ideal ofA isf-injective. Characterisations of semi-simple Artinian and simple Artinian rings are given in terms of regular andV-rings.     

On von Neumann regular rings,III

This note is a natural sequel to [8] and [9]. Further characteristic properties of arbitrary von Neumann regular rings and strongly regular rings are given in terms of annihilators and simple modules. A prime ring with certain annihilator conditions is shown to be primitive (this is related to the following problem ofKaplansky: Are prime regular rings primitive?). Necessary and sufficient conditions for leftq-rings to be regular are also considered: For example, a leftq-ring is regular iff every simple rightA-module is flat. A sufficient condition is given for a leftqc-ring to be a uniserial, strongly left and strongly rightqc, left and rightq-ring. One of the main results ofJain, Mohamed andSingh onq-rings [5, Theorem 2.13] is generalised. Finally, it is shown that a prime left continuous ring either has zero socle or is primitive, left self-injective regular.     

Generalizations of von Neumann regular rings, <Emphasis Type="Italic">PP</Emphasis> rings,and Baer rings

We introduce the notions of IDS modules, IP modules, and Baer* modules, which are new generalizations of von Neumann regular rings, PP rings, and Baer rings, respectively, in a general module theoretic setting. We obtain some characterizations and properties of IDS modules, IP modules and Baer* modules. Some important classes of rings are characterized in terms of IDS modules, IP modules, and Baer* modules.     

On regular endomorphism rings of topological Abelian groups

We extend a result of Rangaswamy about regularity of endomorphism rings of Abelian groups to arbitrary topological Abelian groups. Regularity of discrete quasi-injective modules over compact rings modulo radical is proved. A characterization of torsion LCA groups A for which End _c (A) is regular is given.     

On endomorphism rings of regular modules

In this paper, we study the endomorphism rings of regular modules. We give sufficient conditions on a regular projective moduleP such that End_R (P) has stable range one. Dedicated to Professor Zhou Boxun for his 80'th Birthday The author is supported by the NNSF of China (No. 19601009)     

On von Neumann regular rings,XIII

Summary Generalizations of projectivity and quasi-injectivity, calledC-projectivity andIC-injectivity, are introduced to study von Neumann regular rings, continuous and self-injetive regular rings. Conditions for non-reduced ideals to contain non-trivial central idempotents are considered.

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Riassunto Vengono introdotte delle generalizzazioni delle proiettività e delle quasi-iniettività detteC-proiettività eIC-iniettività per studiare gli anelli regolari di von Neumann, anelli continui e regolari auto-iniettivi. Sono inoltre considerate condizioni a<nchè ideali non ridotti contengano idempotenti centrali non banali.

     

Coherent rings with finite self-FP-injective dimension

In this paper, we generalize the characterization of Gorenstein flat modules over Gorenstein rings to n ? FC rings (coherent rings with finite sdf?FP?injective dimension), and characterize n ? FC rings in terms of Gorenstein flat and projective modules.     

MP-injective rings and MGP-injective rings

A ring R is said to be right MP-injective if every monomorphism from a principal right ideal to R extends to an endomorphism of R. A ring R is said to be right MGP-injective if, for any 0 ≠ a ∈ R, there exists a positive integer n such that a ⁿ ≠ 0 and every monomorphism from a ⁿ R to R extends to R. We shall study characterizations and properties of these two classes of rings. Some interesting results on these rings are obtained. In particular, conditions under which right MGP-injective rings are semisimple artinian rings, von Neumann regular rings, and QF-rings are given.     

On right S-Noetherian rings and S-Noetherian modules

In this paper we study right S-Noetherian rings and modules, extending notions introduced by Anderson and Dumitrescu in commutative algebra to noncommutative rings. Two characterizations of right S-Noetherian rings are given in terms of completely prime right ideals and point annihilator sets. We also prove an existence result for completely prime point annihilators of certain S-Noetherian modules with the following consequence in commutative algebra: If a module M over a commutative ring is S-Noetherian with respect to a multiplicative set S that contains no zero-divisors for M, then M has an associated prime.     

Commutative rings whose proper ideals are direct sums of uniform modules

An interesting result, obtaining by some theorems of Asano, Köthe and Warfield, states that: “for a commutative ring R, every module is a direct sum of uniform modules if and only if R is an Artinian principal ideal ring.” Moreover, it is observed that: “every ideal of a commutative ring R is a direct sum of uniform modules if and only if R is a finite direct product of uniform rings.” These results raise a natural question: “What is the structure of commutative rings whose all proper ideals are direct sums of uniform modules?” The goal of this paper is to answer this question. We prove that for a commutative ring R, every proper ideal is a direct sum of uniform modules, if and only if, R is a finite direct product of uniform rings or R is a local ring with the unique maximal ideal ? of the form ? = U⊕S, where U is a uniform module and S is a semisimple module. Furthermore, we determine the structure of commutative rings R for which every proper ideal is a direct sum of cyclic uniform modules (resp., cocyclic modules). Examples which delineate the structures are provided.     

On GC2 modules and their endomorphism rings

Let R be a ring. A module M_R is said to be GC₂ if for any N≤ M with N? M, N is a direct summand of M. In this article, we give some characterizations and properties of GC₂ modules and their endomorphism rings, and many results on C ₂ modules and GC₂ rings are generalized to GC₂ modules.     

Finitely generated projective modules over exchange rings

This paper studies finitely generated projective modules over exchange rings. We prove that cancellation holds inp(R), andK _o (R) is completely determined by the continuous maps from the spectrum ofR toZ ifR is an exchange ring andR/J(R) is a ring with central idempotent elements.     

Noetherian rings with almost injective simple modules

We characterize right Noetherian rings over which all simple modules are almost injective. It is proved that R is such a ring, if and only if, the complements of semisimple submodules of every R-module M are direct summands of M, if and only if, R is a finite direct sum of right ideals I_r, where I_r is either a Noetherian V-module with zero socle, or a simple module, or an injective module of length 2. A commutative Noetherian ring for which all simple modules are almost injective is precisely a finite direct product of rings R_i, where R_i is either a field or a quasi-Frobenius ring of length 2. We show that for commutative rings whose all simple modules are almost injective, the properties of Kasch, (semi)perfect, semilocal, quasi-Frobenius, Artinian, and Noetherian coincide.     

Note on residually finite rings

This paper is on the subject of residually finite (= RF) modules and rings introduced by Varadarajan [93] and [98/99]. Specifically there are several theorems that simplify proofs and generalize some results of Varadarajan, namely.

Theorem 1. An RF right R-module is finitely bedded (= has finite essential socle iff M is finite.

Corollay. If T is a right RF woth just finitely many simple ringht R-modules, them R is fimite.

Theorem 2. A commutative ring R is residually finite iff every local ring R_m at a maximal ideal m is finite.     

On N0-quasi-continuous exchange rings

An associative ring R with identity is said to have stable range one if for any a,b? R with aR + bR = R, there exists y ? R such that a + by is left (equivalently, right) invertible. The main results of this note are Theorem 2: A left or right continuous ring R has stable range one if and only if R is directly finite (i.e xy = 1 implies yx = 1 for all x,y ? R), Theorem 6: A left or right N ₀o-quasi-continuous exchange ring has stable range one if and only if it is directly finite, and Theorem 12: left or right N ₀-quasi-continuous strongly π-regular rings have stable range one. Theorem 6 generalizes a well-known result of Goodearl [10], which says that a directly finite, right N _o-continuous von Neumann regular ring is unit-regular     

Rank functions and K0 of regular rings

This paper is concerned with the existence and uniqueness of rank and pseudo-rank functions on a von Neumann regular ring R. The main technique used involves transferring hypotheses becomes a partially ordered abelian group. It is shown that the existence of a pseudo-rank function on R is equivalent to certain finiteness conditions on the matrix rings over R. As a corollary, necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of a rank function on a simple regular ring. Uniqueness of a rank function is shown to be equivalent to certain comparability conditions on the principal right ideals of R. Other results concern the existence of enough pseudo-rank functions to distinguish nonzero ring elements from zero, or to distinguish between non-isomorphic principal right ideals.All rings in this paper are associative with unit (but usually noncommutative), and all modules are unital right modules. We use “regular” to mean “von Neumann regular”.The research of the first author was partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. GP-43029.     

Finitely presented and coherent ordered modules and rings

We extend the usual definition of coherence, for modules over rings, to partially ordered right modules over a large class of partially ordered rings, called po-rings. In this situation, coherence is equivalent to saying that solution sets of finite systems of inequalities are finitely generated semimodules. Coherence for ordered rings and modules, which we call po-coherence, has the following features:.

(i) Every subring of Q, and every totally ordered division ring, is po-coherent.

(ii) For a partially ordered right module Aover a po-coherent poring R Ais po-coherent if and only if Ais a finitely presented .R-module and A ⁺is a finitely generated R ⁺-semimodule.

(iii) Every finitely po-presented partially ordered right module over a right po-coherent po-ring is po-coherent.

(iv) Every finitely po-presented abelian lattice-ordered group is po-coherent.