Direct sums of injective and projective modules. (Q615831)

The paper addresses the problem of characterizing the situation when an injective module is \(\Sigma\)-injective, previously studied by several authors. It is shown that the injective hull of a module \(M\) is \(\Sigma\)-injective if and only if each essential extension of \(M^{(\aleph_0)}\) is a direct sum of modules which are either injective or projective. The authors also prove that an injective module \(M\) is \(\Sigma\)-injective if and only if \(R\) is right q.f.d. relative to \(M\) (i.e., no cyclic right \(R\)-module contains an infinite direct sum of modules isomorphic to submodules of \(M\)) and each essential extension of \(M^{(\aleph_0)}\) is a direct sum of modules which are either quasi-injective or projective.