Uniserial modules over valuation rings (Q5902814)

The purpose of this study is to develop techniques for modules over valuation rings R. The starting point is abelian group theory in the local case when the groups are modules over \({\mathbb{Z}}_ p\) (the integers localized at a prime p). This paper is mainly devoted to the study of uniserial R-modules (i.e. R-modules in which the submodules form a chain) with a special emphasis on their quasi- and pure-injectivity, as well as on the existence of pure uniserial submodules in torsion R-modules. More results can be established under the additional hypothesis that R is almost maximal (i.e. that R/L is linearly compact for every ideal \(L\neq 0\) of R).