Rings with many direct summands (Q802714)

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    1991
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    Let R be a ring, and let X be a class of right R-modules which contains the zero module, is closed under isomorphism, and is such that every module in X has finite uniform dimension. The author investigates the situation in which every cyclic right R-module is the direct sum of a projective module and a module in the class X. A characterisation of such rings with no non-zero right ideals in the class X is given in terms of triangular matrices. This is then specialised to the case in which R is right Noetherian and X contains all simple right R-modules. In particular it is shown that every cyclic right R-module is the direct sum of a projective module and a module of finite length if and only if R is right Noetherian and has a two-sided ideal I with the following properties: \(I=eR\) for some idempotent e; I is Artinian as a right R-module; and the ring R/I is a direct sum of prime right CS rings with right Krull dimension 1.
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    uniform dimension
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    cyclic right R-module
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    direct sum
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    right Noetherian
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    simple right R-modules
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    projective module
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    module of finite length
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    direct sum of prime right CS rings
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    right Krull dimension
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