Virtually semisimple modules and a generalization of the Wedderburn-Artin theorem

Structure and classification for modules, bimodules and ideals (except as in 16Gxx), direct sum decomposition and cancellation in associative algebras) (16D70) Endomorphism rings; matrix rings (16S50) Simple and semisimple modules, primitive rings and ideals in associative algebras (16D60) Principal ideal rings (13F10)

Abstract: By any measure, semisimple modules form one of the most important classes of modules and play a distinguished role in the module theory and its applications. One of the most fundamental results in this area is the Wedderburn-Artin theorem. In this paper, we establish natural generalizations of semisimple modules and give a generalization of the Wedderburn-Artin theorem. We study modules in which every submodule is isomorphic to a direct summand and name them {it virtually semisimple modules}. A module

_{R} M

is called {it completely virtually semisimple} if each submodules of

M

is a virtually semisimple module. A ring

R

is then called {it left} ({it completely}) {it virtually semisimple} if

_{R} R

is a left (compleatly) virtually semisimple

R

-module. Among other things, we give several characterizations of left (completely) virtually semisimple rings. For instance, it is shown that a ring

R

is left completely virtually semisimple if and only if

R c o n g p r o d_{i = 1}^{k} M_{n_{i}} (D_{i})

where

k, n_{1}, ..., n_{k} i n B b b N

and each

D_{i}

is a principal left ideal domain. Moreover, the integers

k, n_{1}, ..., n_{k}

and the principal left ideal domains

D_{1}, ..., D_{k}

are uniquely determined (up to isomorphism) by

R

.

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