Two generalizations of projective modules and their applications (Q2254781)

The authors introduce and study two concepts of \(w\)-projective modules and \(w\)-invertible modules, which both generalize projective modules. They use two main methods of which one is to localize at maximal \(w\)-ideals of \(R\) and the other is to utilize \(w\)-Nagata modules over \(w\)-Nagata rings. In particular, it is shown that an \(R\)-module \(M\) is \(w\)-projective of finite type if and only if \(M\{X\}\) is finitely generated projective over \(R\{X\}\) and \(M\) is \(w\)-invertible if and only if \(M\{X\}\) is invertible over \(R\{X\}\). As applications, it is shown that \(R\) is semisimple if and only if every \(R\)-module is \(w\)-projective and that, in a \(Q_{0}-PVMR\), every finite type semi-regular module is \(w\)-projective.