Covering classes, strongly flat modules, and completions (Q2197645)

The aim of this interesting paper is to explore some relations between completions, strongly flat modules and perfect rings in the non-commutative case. Recall that, due to \textit{E. Matlis} [1-dimensional Cohen-Macaulay rings. Lect. Notes Math. 327, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag (1973; Zbl 0264.13012)], such connections are well known for modules over commutative rings. For that, the authors define initially a topology on modules over a non-necessarily commutative ring \(R\) which coincides with the \(R\)-topology defined by Matlis in the commutative case. They also consider the class of strongly flat modules over a right Ore domain and show that the completion of \(R\) in its \(R\)-topology is a strongly flat \(R\)-module. Finally, they discuss on the so-called Enoch's Conjecture which states that covering classes are closed under direct limits and they prove, for instance, that if the class of strongly flat modules over a right chain domain \(R\) is covering, then \(R\) is right invariant. Flat \(R\)-modules are strongly flat in this case.