{0} ⊂ T is a sub-module. It is called the to sion submodule of M. Proof. Because a domain has no zero-divisors, we can conclude that: a1t1 = 0 and a2t2 = 0 implies a1a2(t1 + t2) = 0 and a1, a2 6= 0 …

Modules are a generalization of the vector spaces of linear algebra in which the \scalars" are allowed to be from an arbitrary ring, rather than a ̄eld. This rather modest weakening of the axioms is quite far …

“Module” will always mean left module unless stated otherwise. Most of the time, there is no reason to switch the scalars from one side to the other (especially if the underlying ring is commutative).

All in all the approach chosen here leads to a clear refinement of the customary module theory and, for M = R, we obtain well-known results for the entire module category over a ring with unit.

If S is a subring of R then any R-module can be considered as an S-module by restricting scalar multiplication to S M. For example, a complex vector space can be considered as a real vector space …

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A module M is free if it isomorphic to a possibly infinite direct sum LI R. Equivalently M has a basis (which is a generating set with no relations). A map of a basis to any module extends, uniquely, to a …