Rings with indecomposable modules local. (Q1875919)

Motivated by the fact that every indecomposable module over a generalized uniserial ring is uniserial, and hence local, the authors study, without using duality theory like \textit{H. Tachikawa} [in Math. Z. 71, 200-222 (1959; Zbl 0087.26502)], right Artinian rings \(R\) such that every finitely generated right \(R\)-module is local. For a ring \(R\), call this property (*) and denote by \(J\) the Jacobson radical of \(R\) and by \(d(M)\) the composition length of a right \(R\)-module \(M\) having finite composition length. The authors show that if \(R\) satisfies (*) and \(A\) is a local right \(R\)-module with \(AJ\neq 0\), then \(AJ=C_1\oplus C_2\oplus C_t\) for some uniserial submodules \(C_i\) and the following hold: (i) Either all \(C_i/C_iJ\) are isomorphic or \(t\leq 2\); (ii) Any local submodule of \(AJ\) is uniserial; (iii) If \(d(C_1)\geq 2\), then either \(t\leq 2\) or any \(C_i\) is simple for \(i\geq 2\). For a right Artinian ring \(R\) with \(J^2=0\), it is proved that if \(R\) satisfies (*), then \(R\) satisfies: (a) Every uniform right \(R\)-module is either simple or injective with composition length 2; (b) \(R\) is a left serial ring; (c) For any indecomposable idempotent \(e\in R\) either \(eJ\) is homogeneous or \(d(eJ)\leq 2\); and conversely, if \(R\) satisfies (a), (b) and \(d(eJ)\leq 2\) for any indecomposable idempotent \(e\in R\), then \(R\) satisfies (*). Matrix representations of rings satisfying (*) are also discussed.