Gorenstein flat preenvelopes (Q902229)

The author considers a two sided noetherian ring \(R\) such that the character modules of Gorenstein injective left \(R\)-modules are Gorenstein flat right \(R\)-modules. The main result of the first part of the paper under review is the next theorem. Theorem. Let \(R\) be a two sided noetherian ring such that the character module of any left Gorenstein injective module is a right Gorenstein flat \(R\)-module. Then any complex of right \(R\)-modules has a Gorenstein flat preenvelope. In the second part of the paper, the author gives examples of rings with the property that the character module of any Gorenstein injective left \(R\)-module is a Gorenstein flat right \(R\)-module. For example, let \(R\) be a two sided noetherian ring such that \(i.d _{R^{op}}R\leq n\) for some positive integer \(n\). Then the character modules of Gorenstein injective left \(R\)-modules are Gorenstein flat. Also the next statement is true. Let \(R\) be a two sided noetherian ring such that \(_RR\) is a left \(n\)-perfect ring. Then the character modules of Gorenstein injective left \(R\)-modules are Gorenstein flat \(R\)-modules.