On a class of \(\delta\)-supplemented modules. (Q400780)

Let \(M\) be a unitary right \(R\)-module over a ring \(R\) with identity and let \(m\in M\). This paper marries the concepts of \(\delta\)-supplemented modules [\textit{M. Tamer Koşan}, Algebra Colloq. 14, No. 1, 53-60 (2007; Zbl 1111.16004)] and principally \(\oplus\)-supplemented modules [\textit{S. H. Mohamed} and \textit{B. J. Müller}, Continuous and discrete modules. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1990; Zbl 0701.16001)] as follows: A submodule \(L\) of \(M\) is said to be a principally \(\oplus\)-\(\delta\)-supplement of \(mR\) in \(M\) if \(M=mR+L\) and \(mR\cap L\) is \(\delta\)-small in \(L\) (i.e. whenever \(L=(mR\cap L)+K\) and \(L/K\) is singular, we have \(L=K\)). The module \(M\) is called principally \(\oplus\)-\(\delta\)-supplemented if every cyclic submodule of \(M\) has a principally \(\oplus\)-\(\delta\)-supplement in \(M\). Relations between principally \(\oplus\)-\(\delta\)-supplemented modules and other classes of modules, such as lifting modules, supplemented modules, principally \(\delta\)-lifting modules and principally \(\oplus\)-supplemented modules are investigated. Conditions are found for the class of \(\oplus\)-\(\delta\)-supplemented modules to be closed under homomorphic images and direct summands. Results are obtained in the case of distributive modules, weak-duo modules, modules with \(D_3\) and duo modules. For a module \(M\), \(\text{Rad}_\delta(M)\) is defined as \(\text{Rad}_\delta(M)=\sum\{L\mid L\text{ is }\delta\text{-small in }M\}\). Relations between \(\oplus\)-\(\delta\)-supplemented modules and other concepts are studied for the case when \(\text{Rad}_\delta(M)=0\). A ring is defined to be a right \(\delta\)-V-ring if \(\text{Rad}_\delta(M)=0\) for all right \(R\)-modules \(M\) and the different classes of supplemented modules are compared in the case of modules over these rings. Principally \(\delta\)-semiperfect modules are also defined and studied in relation to different types of supplemented modules.