On the Prime Spectrum of X-Injective Modules

Let R be a commutative ring and M an R-module. The purpose of this article is to introduce a new class of modules over R called X-injective R-modules, where X is the prime spectrum of M. This class contains the family of top modules and that of weak multiplication modules properly. In this article our concern is to extend the properties of multiplication, weak multiplication, and top modules to this new class of modules. Furthermore, for a top module M, we study some conditions under which the prime spectrum of M is a spectral space for its Zariski topology.     

Reduced multiplication modules

An R-module M is called a multiplication module if for each submodule N of M, N = IM for some ideal I of R. As defined for a commutative ring R, an R-module M is said to be reduced if the intersection of prime submodules of M is zero. The prime spectrum and minimal prime submodules of the reduced module M are studied. Essential submodules of M are characterized via a topological property. It is shown that the Goldie dimension of M is equal to the Souslin number of Spec(M)\mbox{\rm Spec}(M). Also a finitely generated module M is a Baer module if and only if Spec(M)\mbox{\rm Spec}(M) is an extremally disconnected space; if and only if it is a CS-module. It is proved that a prime submodule N is minimal in M if and only if for each x ∈ N, Ann(x) \not í (N:M).\mbox{\rm Ann}(x) \not \subseteq (N:M). When M is finitely generated; it is shown that every prime submodule of M is maximal if and only if M is a von Neumann regular module (VNM); i.e., every principal submodule of M is a summand submodule. Also if M is an injective R-module, then M is a VNM.     

Some criteria for the Cohen-Macaulay property and local cohomology

Let a be an ideal of a commutative Noetherian ring R and M be a finitely generated R-module of dimension d. We characterize Cohen-Macaulay rings in term of a special homological dimension. Lastly, we prove that if R is a complete local ring, then the Matlis dual of top local cohomology module Ha^d（M） is a Cohen-Macaulay R-module provided that the R-module M satisfies some conditions.     

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.     

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.     

C-Pure Projective Modules

This paper investigates the structure of cyclically pure (or C-pure) projective modules. In particular, it is shown that a ring R is left Noetherian if and only if every C-pure projective left R-module is pure projective. Also, over a left hereditary Noetherian ring R, a left R-module M is C-pure projective if and only if M = N ⊕ P, where N is a direct sum of cyclic modules and P is a projective left R-module. The relationship C-purity with purity and RD-purity are also studied. It is shown that if R is a local duo-ring, then the C-pure projective left R-modules and the pure projective left R-modules coincide if and only if R is a principal ideal ring. If R is a left perfect duo-ring, then the C-pure projective left R-modules and the pure projective left R-modules coincide if and only if R is left Köthe (i.e., every left R-module is a direct sum of cyclic modules). Also, it is shown that for a ring R, if every C-pure projective left R-module is RD-projective, then R is left Noetherian, every p-injective left R-module is injective and every p-flat right R-module is flat. Finally, it is shown that if R is a left p.p-ring and every C-pure projective left R-module is RD-projective, then R is left Noetherian hereditary. The converse is also true when R is commutative, but it does not hold in the noncommutative case.     

On Finitely Annihilated Modules and Artinian Rings

Let R be a ring. An R-module M is finitely annihilated if the annihilator of M is the annihilator of a finite subset of M. It is proved that if R has right socle S then the ring R/S is right Artinian if and only if every singular right R-module is finitely annihilated. Moreover, a right Noetherian ring R is right Artinian if and only if every uniform right R-module is finitely annihilated. In addition, a (right and left) Noetherian ring is (right and left) Artinian if and only if every injective right R-module is finitely annihilated. This paper will form part of the Ph.D. thesis at the University of Glasgow of the second author. He would like to thank the EPSRC for their financial support     

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.     

Virtually semisimple modules and a generalization of the Wedderburn-Artin theorem

A widely used result of Wedderburn and Artin states that “every left ideal of a ring R is a direct summand of R if and only if R has a unique decomposition as a finite direct product of matrix rings over division rings.” Motivated by this, we call a module M virtually semisimple if every submodule of M is isomorphic to a direct summand of M and M is called completely virtually semisimple if every submodule of M is virtually semisimple. We show that the left R-module R is completely virtually semisimple if and only if R has a unique decomposition as a finite direct product of matrix rings over principal left ideal domains. This shows that R is completely virtually semisimple on both sides if and only if every finitely generated (left and right) R-module is a direct sum of a singular module and a projective virtually semisimple module. The Wedderburn-Artin theorem follows as a corollary from our result.     

On S-duo rings

A unital left R-module R M is said to have property (S) if every surjective endomorphism of R M is an automorphism, the ring R is called left (right) S-ring if every left (right) R-module with property (S) is Noetherian, R is called S-ring if it is both a left and a right S-ring. In this note we show that a duo ring is a left S-ring if and only if it is left Artinian left principal ideal ring. To do this we shall construct on every non distributive Artinian local ring with radical square zero a non-finitely generated module with property (S). And we give an example of left duo left Artinian left principal ideal ring which is not a left S-ring, showing the necessity of the ring to be duo in the above result.     

Commutative Non-Noetherian Rings with the Diamond Property

A ring R is said to have property (◇) if the injective hull of every simple R-module is locally Artinian. By landmark results of Matlis and Vamos, every commutative Noetherian ring has (◇). We give a systematic study of commutative rings with (◇), We give several general characterizations in terms of co-finite topologies on R and completions of R. We show that they have many properties of Noetherian rings, such as Krull intersection property, and recover several classical results of commutative Noetherian algebra, including some of Matlis and Vamos. Moreover, we show that a complete rings has (◇) if and only if it is Noetherian. We also give a few results relating the (◇) property of a local ring with that of its associated graded rings, and construct a series of examples.

     

Uniformly Classical Primary Submodules

We shall introduce the notion of uniformly classical primary submodule that generalizes the concept of uniformly primary ideal as given by J. A. Cox and A. J. Hetzel. We also advance the companion concepts of fully uniformly classical primary module and uniformly primary compatible module. Along these lines, we present a characterization of Noetherian rings R for which every R-module is fully uniformly classical primary and we present a characterization of rings R for which every finitely generated R-module is uniformly primary compatible. Results illustrating connections among the notions of uniformly classical primary submodule, uniformly primary ideal, and uniformly primary submodule as given by R. Ebrahimi-Atani and S. Ebrahimi-Atani are also provided.     

Independence of the Total Reflexivity Conditions for Modules

We show that the conditions defining total reflexivity for modules are independent. In particular, we construct a commutative Noetherian local ring R and a reflexive R-module M such that Ext_Rⁱ(M,R)=0 for all i>0, but Ext_Rⁱ(M^*,R)≠0 for all i>0. Presented by Juergen Herzog Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 13D07.     

Modules with Noetherian Spectrum

Let M be a module over a commutative ring R. A submodule P of M is called prime if P ≠ M and, whenever r ∈ R, e ∈ M, and re ∈ P, we have rM ? P or e ∈ P. We let Spec(M) denote the set of all prime submodules of M. Using a topology analogous to the Zariski topology for Spec(R), we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for Spec(M) to be a Noetherian space. We produce some examples of modules with Noetherian spectrum that have not appeared in the literature previously. In particular, Laskerian modules and faithfully flat modules over Laskerian rings have Noetherian spectra. (The term Laskerian is defined in Section 3.)     

Supplement Submodules of Injective Modules

An R-module M is called almost injective if M is a supplement submodule of every module which contains M. The module M is called F-almost injective if every factor module of M is almost injective. It is shown that a ring R is a right H-ring if and only if R is right perfect and every almost injective module is injective. We prove that a ring R is semisimple if and only if the R-module R _R is F-almost injective.     

Mod-Retractable Rings

A right module M over a ring R is said to be retractable if Hom _R (M, N) ≠ 0 for each nonzero submodule N of M. We show that M ? _R RG is a retractable RG-module if and only if M _R is retractable for every finite group G. The ring R is (finitely) mod-retractable if every (finitely generated) right R-module is retractable. Some comparisons between max rings, semiartinian rings, perfect rings, noetherian rings, nonsingular rings, and mod-retractable rings are investigated. In particular, we prove ring-theoretical criteria of right mod-retractability for classes of all commutative, left perfect, and right noetherian rings.     

Abelian groups flat as modules over their endomorphism ring

Let R be a commutative ring with identity and let M be an R-module. We examine the situation where for each prime ideal ρof R the set of all ρ-prime submodules of M is finite. In case R is Noetherian and M is finitely generated, we prove that this condition is equivalent to there being a positive integer n such that for every prime ideal ρ of R, the number of ρ-prime submodules of Mis less than or equal to n. We further show that in this case, there is at most one ρ-prime submodule for all but finitely many prime ideals ρ of R.     

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).     

t-Extending Modules and t-Baer Modules

We introduce the notions of “t-extending modules,” and “t-Baer modules,” which are generalizations of extending modules. The second notion is also a generalization of nonsingular Baer modules. We show that a homomorphic image (hence a direct summand) of a t-extending module and a direct summand of a t-Baer module inherits the property. It is shown that a module M is t-extending if and only if M is t-Baer and t-cononsingular. The rings for which every free right module is t-extending are called right Σ-t-extending. The class of right Σ-t-extending rings properly contains the class of right Σ-extending rings. Among other equivalent conditions for such rings, it is shown that a ring R is right Σ-t-extending, if and only if, every right R-module is t-extending, if and only if, every right R-module is t-Baer, if and only if, every nonsingular right R-module is projective. Moreover, it is proved that for a ring R, every free right R-module is t-Baer if and only if Z ₂(R _R ) is a direct summand of R and every submodule of a direct product of nonsingular projective R-modules is projective.     

k-torsionless modules with finite Gorenstein dimension

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring. It is shown that the finitely generated R-module M with finite Gorenstein dimension is reflexive if and only if M _p is reflexive for p ∈ Spec(R) with depth(R _p) ? 1, and $G - {\dim _{{R_p}}}$ (M _p) ? depth(R _p) ? 2 for p ∈ Spec(R) with depth(R _p) ? 2. This gives a generalization of Serre and Samuel’s results on reflexive modules over a regular local ring and a generalization of a recent result due to Belshoff. In addition, for n ? 2 we give a characterization of n-Gorenstein rings via Gorenstein dimension of the dual of modules. Finally it is shown that every R-module has a k-torsionless cover provided R is a k-Gorenstein ring.