Test modules for flatness (Q2360060)

Summary: A right \(R\)-module \(M\) is said to be a test module for flatness (shortly: an f-test module) provided for each left \(R\)-module \(N\), \(\mathrm{Tor}(M,N)=0\) implies \(N\) is flat. f-test modules are flat version of the Whitehead test modules for injectivity defined by \textit{J. Trlifaj} [Associative rings and the Whitehead property of modules. München: Verlag Reinhard Fischer (1990; Zbl 0692.16017)]. In this paper the properties of f-test modules are investigated and are used to characterize various families of rings. The structure of a ring over which every (finitely generated) right \(R\)-module is flat or f-test is investigated. Abelian groups that are Whitehead test modules for injectivity or f-test are characterized.