On EF-extending modules. (Q1881604)

Extending modules (resp. ef-extending modules) are modules of which every closed submodule (resp. every closed submodule containing a finitely generated submodule essentially) is a direct summand. These types of modules have been studied previously by \textit{N. V. Dung, D. V. Huynh, P. F. Smith}, and \textit{R. Wisbauer} [Extending modules (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics Series 313. Harlow) (1994; Zbl 0841.16001)] and \textit{L. V. Thuyet} and \textit{R. Wisbauer} [Vietnam J. Math. 25, No. 1, 65-73 (1997; Zbl 0883.16002)], together with another generalization of extending modules, viz. uniform-extending modules. Uniform-extending modules are modules in which every uniform submodule is essential in a direct summand. The paper starts by giving an example showing that not all ef-extending modules are extending. Conditions are subsequently found for these concepts to coincide. It is shown, for example, that the concepts of extending, ef-extending and uniform-extending modules are equivalent for a module over a Noetherian ring. Conditions are also studied for direct sums of modules to be ef-extending or uniform-extending.