Rings and modules characterized by opposites of injectivity. (Q403055)

A module \(M\) is said to be \(N\)-subinjective if every homomorphism from \(N\) to \(M\) can be extended to a homomorphism from \(E(N)\) to \(M\). The authors of this paper call a module \(M\) to be a test for injectivity by subinjectivity (t.i.b.s., for short) if the only modules which are \(M\)-subinjective are the injective ones. It is shown that a t.i.b.s. module exists over every ring. This paper studies structure of rings over which each module is injective or a t.i.b.s. It is also shown that a ring \(R\) is right hereditary and right Noetherian if and only if \(R\) as a right \(R\)-module is a t.i.b.s.