Almost projective modules (Q687624)

In a series of recent papers, the author has defined the concepts of almost relative projective module and almost relative injective module. In the paper under review the author defines the concepts of almost projective module and almost injective module as follows: Let \(R\) be a right Artinian ring and \(M\) a finitely generated right \(R\)-module; \(M\) is said to be almost projective (resp. almost injective) if it is almost \(T\)-projective (resp. almost \(T\)-injective) for any finitely generated right \(R\)-module \(T\). A series of characterizations of these modules in terms of direct sum decomposition is given.