Rings with Morita duality (Q1201996)

Extending the classical duality of finite dimensional vector spaces as well as of finite abelian groups, Morita developed a general duality theory of modules, which has become an important and interesting part of ring theory. In particular, the most important case is the so-called Morita duality, which is a contravariant category-equivalence between two full abelian subcategories of left \(R\)- and right \(S\)-modules over rings \(R\) and \(S\), respectively, which contain all finitely generated modules. These rings form, from several viewpoints, a fairly nice class and have remarkable applications. The main goals of Morita duality are the structural description of rings with duality and the investigation of selfduality. These lecture notes, the first book devoted to Morita duality and its close connection with (discrete) linear compactness, is an extensive introduction including recent results achieved in these two problems. Chapter 1 presents the fundamentals on Morita duality and the approach of B. J. Müller via linear compactness, a most useful tool in the investigation of Morita duality. In the following four chapters the author describes particular rings with duality. Chapter 2 discusses the relation between duality and ring extensions such as finite triangular, normalizing as well as trivial extensions. The classical theory of artinian rings with duality is the content of Chapter 3. Chapter 4 focuses on the problem of Azumaya whether exact rings are selfdual and presents an affirmative answer in the case of locally distributive or artinian duo rings with some additional conditions. In the final part, Chapter 5, noetherian, perfect and quasi-perfect rings with duality are investigated. The book is well written and can be recommended as an introduction to Morita duality and the techniques used in it.