Characterizing categoricity in several classes of modules

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Abstract: We show that the condition of being categorical in a tail of cardinals can be characterized algebraically for several classes of modules. Theorem. Assume R is an associative ring with unity. 1. The class of locally pure-injective R-modules is lambda-categorical in all lambda>|R|+aleph0 if and only if RcongMn(D) for D a division ring and ngeq1. 2. The class of flat R-modules is lambda-categorical in all lambda>|R|+aleph0 if and only if RcongMn(k) for k a local ring such that its maximal ideal is left T-nilpotent and ngeq1. 3. Assume R is a commutative ring. The class of absolutely pure R-modules is lambda-categorical in all lambda>|R|+aleph0 if and only if R is a local artinian ring. We show that in the above results it is enough to assume lambda-categoricity in some large cardinal lambda. This shows that Shelah's Categoricity Conjecture holds for the class of locally pure-injective modules, flat modules and absolutely pure modules. These classes are not first-order axiomatizable for arbitrary rings. We provide rings such that the class of flat modules is categorical in a tail of cardinals but it is not first-order axiomatizable.












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