\(\delta\)-small submodules and \(\delta\)-supplemented modules. (Q925436)

Throughout \(R\) is an associative ring with identity and modules are unitary. Let \(M\) be a module and \(N,L\) be submodules of \(M\). Then \(N\) is called: (i) \(\delta\)-small in \(M\) if, whenever \(N+X=M\) with \(M/X\) singular, we have \(X=M\); (ii) \(\delta\)-supplement of \(L\) if \(M=N+L\) and \(N\cap L\) is \(\delta\)-small in \(N\); (iii) \(\delta\)-supplement submodule if \(N\) is a \(\delta\)-supplement for some submodule of \(M\). The module \(M\) is called amply \(\delta\)-supplemented if for any submodules \(A,B\) of \(M\) with \(M=A+B\) there exists a \(\delta\)-supplement \(P\) of \(A\) such that \(P\subseteq B\). Denote by \(\delta(M)\) the reject in \(M\) of the class of all singular simple modules. The author proves that \(\delta(M)\) is Noetherian (resp. Artinian) if and only if \(M\) satisfies ACC (resp. DCC) on \(\delta\)-small submodules. It is also shown that a module \(M\) is Artinian if and only if \(M\) is amply \(\delta\)-supplemented and satisfies DCC on \(\delta\)-supplement submodules and on \(\delta\)-small submodules.