Direct injective modules

Throughout this paperR will denote a ring with idenity element andM a unitary right module overR. AnR-moduleM is said to be direct injective if and only if given direct summandN ofM with injectioni _N:N→M and a monomorphismg:N→M, there exists an endomorphismf ofR-moduleM such thatfg=i _N. In this paper we investigate properties of direct injective modules, and obtain the following results on direct injective modules.

1. We establish the necessary and sufficient condition for a module to be direct injective.
2. We show that the answer on problem of Krull-Schmidt-Matlis is in the affirmative in caseR-moduleM is extending direct injective.
3. We prove that extending direct injectivity of module implies same properties of its direct summands.