On finitely generated modules over quasi-Euclidean rings

Abstract: Let R be a unital commutative ring and let

M

be an

R

-module that is generated by

k

elements but not less. Let

E_{n} (R)

be the subgroup of

G L_{n} (R)

generated by the elementary matrices. In this paper we study the action of

E_{n} (R)

by matrix multiplication on the set

U m_{n} (M)

of unimodular rows of

M

of length

n g e k

. Assuming

R

is moreover Noetherian and quasi-Euclidean, e.g.,

R

is a direct sum of finitely many Euclidean rings, we show that this action is transitive if

n > k

. We also prove that

U m_{k} (M) / E_{k} (R)

is equipotent with the unit group of

R / (a_{1})

where

(a_{1})

is the first invariant factor of

M

. These results encompass the well-known classification of Nielsen non-equivalent generating tuples in finitely generated Abelian groups.

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