On maximal submodules of a finite direct sum of hollow modules. I (Q795902)

Let R be a right artinian ring with identity. It is assumed that every R- module M has finite composition length. For an R-module M the Jacobson radical of M is denoted by J(M). If M has as unique maximal submodule J(M), M is called hollow. In this paper the author studies the structure of right artinian rings R satisfying the following conditions i) \([J(R)]^ 2=0\) and ii) every submodule of a direct sum of hollow modules is also a direct sum of hollow modules. If R is either a commutative artinian ring or an algebra of finite dimension over an algebraically closed field, it is shown that \(| eR|\), the composition length of eR, is \(\leq 3\), where e is a primitive idempotent and R satisfies an additional condition on right ideals in eJ \((J=J(R))\) and dimensions. In the main theorem the author describes the structure of right artinian rings R with \(J^ 2=0\) under the assumptions that \(| eJ| \leq 4\) for every idempotent e. In this case R satisfies the above condition (ii) if and only if eJ has certain decompositions in terms of right ideals. Finally rings with \(| eJ| \geq 5\) are studied with \(J^ 2=0\). At the end of the paper the author illustrates his results giving examples.