The Torsion Submodule of A Cyclic Module Splits Off

Teply, Mark L.

Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 24 (1972) no. 3, pp. 450-464

Résumé

A prominent question in the study of modules over an integral domain has been: “When is the torsion submodule t(A) of a module A a direct summand of A?” A module is said to split when its torsion module is a direct summand. Clearly, every cyclic module over an integral domain splits. Interesting splitting problems have been explored by Kaplansky [14; 15], Rotman [20], Chase [4], and others.Recently, many concepts of torsion have been proposed for modules over arbitrary associative rings with identity. Two of the most important of these concepts are Goldie's torsion theory (see [1; 12; 22]) and the simple torsion theory (see [5; 6; 8; 9; 23], and their references).

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DOI : 10.4153/CJM-1972-038-8

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