Prime submodules of Noetherian modules (Q1316329)

Let \(M\) be a left module over a ring \(R\). Then a proper submodule \(N\) of \(M\) is defined to be a prime submodule if for each \(r \in R\), \(m \in M\), \(rRm \subseteq N\) implies \(rM \subseteq N\) or \(m \in N\). Hence if \(N\) is a prime submodule of \(M\), then the annihilator \(P\) of \(M/N\) is a two- sided prime ideal of \(R\). A proper submodule \(K\) of \(M\) is called a strongly prime submodule of \(M\) if the annihilator \(Q\) of \(M/K\) satisfies the following conditions: (i) \(Q\) is a prime ideal of \(R\) and \(R/Q\) is left Goldie; (ii) \(M/K\) is a torsion-free left \((R/Q)\)-module. A strongly prime submodule of \(M\) is prime. The authors study the question, which prime ideals \(P\) (resp. \(Q\)) of \(R\) are the annihilators of \(M/N\) with \(N\) prime (strongly prime) in \(M\). They also obtain interesting results on chain conditions for (strongly) prime submodules, for example, it is shown that if a ring \(R\) has ACC (resp. DCC) on prime ideals then any finitely generated left \(R\)-module satisfies ACC (resp., DCC) on strongly prime submodules.