Let R be a subring of the rationals. We want to investigate self splitting R-modules G, that is, such that $Ex{t}_R(G,G)=0$. For simplicity we will call such modules splitters (see [10]). Also other names like stones are used (see a dictionary in Ringel’s paper [8]). Our investigation continues [5]. In [5] we answered an open problem by constructing a large class of splitters. Classical splitters are free modules and torsion-free, algebraically compact ones. In [5] we concentrated on splitters which are larger...

Let R be a unital commutative ring and A a unital R-algebra. We introduce the category of E(A,R)-modules which is a natural extension of the category of E-modules. The properties of E(A,R)-modules are studied; in particular we consider the subclass of E(R)-algebras. This subclass is of special interest since it coincides with the class of E-rings in the case R = ℤ. Assuming diamond ⋄, almost-free E(R)-algebras of cardinality κ are constructed for any regular non-weakly compact cardinal κ > ℵ...

Let R be a subring of the rational numbers ℚ. We recall from [3] that an R-module G is a splitter if $Ext{¹}_R(G,G)=0$. In this note we correct the statement of Main Theorem 1.5 in [3] and discuss the existence of non-free splitters of cardinality ℵ₁ under the negation of the special continuum hypothesis CH.

Let $(V,0)$ be a germ of a complete intersection variety in ${ℂ}^{n+k}$, $n\>0$, having an isolated singularity at $0$ and $X$ be the germ of a holomorphic vector field having an isolated zero at $0$ and tangent to $V$. We show that in this case the homological index and the GSV-index coincide. In the case when the zero of $X$ is also isolated in the ambient space ${ℂ}^{n+k}$ we give a formula for the homological index in terms of local linear algebra.

Let $(R,𝔪)$ be a local ring, $𝔞$ an ideal of $R$ and $M$ a nonzero Artinian $R$-module of Noetherian dimension $n$ with $\mathrm{hd}(𝔞,M)=n$. We determine the annihilator of the top local homology module ${\mathrm{H}}_n^{𝔞}\left(M\right)$. In fact, we prove that $${\mathrm{Ann}}_R\left({\mathrm{H}}_n^{𝔞}\left(M\right)\right)={\mathrm{Ann}}_R\left(N(𝔞,M)\right),$$ where $N(𝔞,M)$ denotes the smallest submodule of $M$ such that $\mathrm{hd}(𝔞,M/N(𝔞,M\left)\right)<n$. As a consequence, it follows that for a complete local ring $(R,𝔪)$ all associated primes of ${\mathrm{H}}_n^{𝔞}\left(M\right)$ are minimal.

Let $(R,𝔪)$ be a complete Noetherian local ring, $I$ an ideal of $R$ and $M$ a nonzero Artinian $R$-module. In this paper it is shown that if $𝔭$ is a prime ideal of $R$ such that $dimR/𝔭=1$ and $\left(0{:}_M𝔭\right)$ is not finitely generated and for each $i\ge 2$ the $R$-module ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^i(M,R/𝔭)$ is of finite length, then the $R$-module ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^1(M,R/𝔭)$ is not of finite length. Using this result, it is shown that for all finitely generated $R$-modules $N$ with $Supp\left(N\right)\subseteq V\left(I\right)$ and for all integers $i\ge 0$, the $R$-modules ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^i(N,M)$ are of finite length, if and only if, for all finitely generated $R$-modules $N$ with $Supp\left(N\right)\subseteq V\left(I\right)$ and...

Let $𝔞$ be an ideal of Noetherian local ring $(R,𝔪)$ and $M$ a finitely generated $R$-module of dimension $d$. In this paper we investigate the Artinianness of formal local cohomology modules under certain conditions on the local cohomology modules with respect to $𝔪$. Also we prove that for an arbitrary local ring $(R,𝔪)$ (not necessarily complete), we have ${\mathrm{Att}}_R\left({𝔉}_{𝔞}^d\left(M\right)\right)=\mathrm{Min}\mathrm{V}\left({\mathrm{Ann}}_R{𝔉}_{𝔞}^d\left(M\right)\right).$

In 2012, Ananthnarayan, Avramov and Moore gave a new construction of Gorenstein rings from two Gorenstein local rings, called their connected sum. In this article, we investigate conditions on the associated graded ring of a Gorenstein Artin local ring $Q$, which force it to be a connected sum over its residue field. In particular, we recover some results regarding short, and stretched, Gorenstein Artin rings. Finally, using these decompositions, we obtain results about the rationality of the Poincaré...

Let $ℐ$ be a set of ideals of a commutative Noetherian ring $R$. We use the notion of $ℐ$-closure operation which is a semiprime closure operation on submodules of modules to introduce the class of $ℐ$-Laskerian modules. This enables us to investigate the set of associated prime ideals of certain $ℐ$-closed submodules of local cohomology modules.