Pure injective modules over a commutative valuation domain. (Q1411040)

This paper brings the problem of classification of pure injective modules over a commutative valuation domain (CVD) closer to its conclusion by classifying those pure injective modules over a CVD which are envelopes \(N(m)\) of one element \(m\). Geometrical invariants and methods are used. Let \(M\) be a pure injective module over a CVD and let \(\Gamma\) be the positive cone of the valuation group \(V\). Denote by \(\widehat \Gamma\) the completion of \(\Gamma\) by cuts. One can then assign a function \(f : \Gamma \rightarrow \widehat \Gamma\) to every element \(m\) in \(M\). An equivalence relation \(\sim \) is described on these functions by letting \(f \sim g\) iff the corresponding modules \(N(f)\) and \(N(g)\) are isomorphic. This yields a description of a decomposition \(N(f)=N(g) \oplus N(h)\) with \(N(g)\) and \(N(h)\) orthogonal. Several corollaries are derived from this result. For example, it is shown that for every module \(N(m)\), its endomorphism ring \(S= \text{End}(N(m))\) is Abelian regular after factorization by its Jacobson radical. If \(M\) is a pure injective module over a CVD and \(S= \text{End}(M)\), then the quotient ring of \(S\) modulo its Jacobson radical is shown to be a von Neumann regular right self-injective ring of type I and \(_{S} M\) is proved to be a Bezout module.