On nonsingular \(p\)-injective rings (Q1896480)

A ring \(R\) is said to be left \(p\)-injective if, for any principal left ideal \(I\) of \(R\), any left \(R\)-homomorphism from \(I\) into \(R\) extends to one of \(R\) into itself. A submodule \(P\) of a left \(R\)-module \(M\) is said to be \(R\)-pure if \(rM\cap P=rP\) for all \(r\in R\). The author proves that a left non-singular ring \(R\) is left \(p\)-injective if and only if \(_RR\) is \(R\)-pure in \(_RQ\), where \(Q\) is the maximal left quotient ring of \(R\). The structure of semiprime left \(p\)-injective rings of bounded index is also investigated.