On purely extending modules

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A module \(M\) is called extending provided every submodule of \(M\) is essential in a direct summand. The author considers a generalization of this notion, suggested by L. Fuchs, by using purity. A module \(M\) is called purely extending if every submodule of \(M\) is essential in a pure submodule of \(M\), and a ring \(R\) is left purely extending if \(R\) is purely extending as a left module over itself. Examples of left purely extending rings include left extending rings, and also von Neumann regular rings. It is shown that if \(R\) is a commutative integral domain, then every finite direct sum of copies of \(R\) is purely extending if and only if \(R\) is a Prüfer domain. Moreover, if \(R\) is a left nonsingular ring, then every direct sum of copies of \(R\) is purely extending if and only if \(R\) is right semi-hereditary and \(Q(R)\) is flat as a left \(R\)-module, where \(Q(R)\) is the maximal left quotient ring of \(R\). An example is constructed to show that the above property may not be left-right symmetric for a ring \(R\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0921.00018].











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