Kaplansky classes of complexes. (Q742093)

Throughout this review, \(R\) denotes an associative ring with identity and all modules are unitary left \(R\)-modules. The term ``Kaplansky class'' first appeared by \textit{J. A. López-Ramos} and \textit{E. E. Enochs} [Rend. Semin. Mat. Univ. Padova 107, 67-79 (2002; Zbl 1099.13019)]. The authors introduce and study Kaplansky classes of complexes. A class \(\mathcal F\) of complexes of \(R\)-modules is called an \(\aleph\)-Kaplansky class if, for every \(F\in\mathcal F\) and every \(x\in F^k\) (\(k\in\mathbb Z\) arbitrary), there exists a subcomplex \(T\) of \(F\) such that \(x\in T^k\), \(T,F/T\in\mathcal F\) and \(|T|\leq\aleph\). Also \(\mathcal F\) is called a Kaplansky class if it is an \(\aleph\)-Kaplansky class for some cardinal number \(\aleph\). The authors prove some results by which one can construct many Kaplansky classes of complexes. They give some relations between Kaplansky classes of complexes and cotorsion pairs. One of the results is the following: Theorem. Let \(\mathcal F\) be a Kaplansky class of complexes closed under extensions and well ordered direct limits and all projective complexes are in \(\mathcal F\). Then the pair \((\mathcal F,\mathcal F^\bot)\) is a perfect cotorsion pair.