T-nilpotence and preradicals (Q762249)

The T-nilpotence of an ideal K of a ring R is described by means of the left exact preradical Hom(R/K, ). The concept of essential extensions for preradicals is introduced and it is shown that a radical has no proper essential preradical extensions. Finally, as an application, a very simple proof of the generalized Nakayama lemma, together with a partial converse, is given.