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2 Main Results
We will first establish some fundamental findings that will serve as the foundation for our key findings. We begin by stating the following Proposition which is the generalization of result by P.D Hill and W.Ullery (Hill and Ullery, 1996).
Proposition 1
Suppose K is an isotype submodule of a QTAG-module M. Then K is almost totally projective provided that K is separable in M.
Proof
Let K be an almost totally projective QTAG-module and suppose to the contrary that it is not separable in M. Then, there exists
such that, for each countably generated submodules T of K, we can find an element
such that
for every
. Therefore we can find an ascending chain
of countably generated submodules
of K such that
for each n and such that the following condition holds.
(
) For every finite n, there exists
such that
for all
.
Now set
and observe that
is a countably generated submodule of K belonging to
. Since
is countably generated, there exists
such that
for every
. Since
is nice in K, there exists
such that
for all
. Moreover, since
for some n, there exists by condition (
an element
such that
. So, we now have
. Since K is isotype in M, we have
which leads to a contradiction and proving our desired result.
The next two propositions as analogous of the corresponding well-known results for totally projective modules.
Proposition 2
If
and
are almost totally projective, for any ordinal
then M is also almost totally projective.
Proof
We know that a submodule K is a nice submodule of M if and only if
is a nice submodule of
and
is a nice submodule of
. Hence, the properties satisfying the three conditions for a family of nice submodules to be almost totally projective, for
and
lead to satisfying the same conditions for the module M.
Proposition 3
The arbitrary direct sums of almost totally projective QTAG-modules are almost totally projective.
Proof
Suppose
. As it is well known, if
with
for all
, then K is a nice submodule of M if and only if
is a nice submodule of
for each
. Hence, the three properties of almost totally projectives modules satisfying by
ensures that M will certainly satisfies the same and hence the result follows.
The concept of almost direct sum of uniserial QTAG-modules were defined in (Hasan, 2018) as follows:
Definition 1
“The separable
-module M is said to be almost direct sum of uniserial modules if it possesses a collection
consisting of nice submodules of M which satisfies the following three conditions:
-
-
is closed with respect to ascending unions, i.e., if
with
whenever
then
;
-
If K is a countably generated submodule of M, then there is
(that is, a nice submodule L of M) such that
and L is countably generated.
When M is h-reduced and satisfies clauses
and
, it is called almost totally projective, and when M has length not exceeding
, it is called almost direct sum of countably generated modules.
The last concept can be generalized to the following one.
Definition 2
The QTAG-module M is said to be almost
-projective if there exists
such that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules.
Clearly,
.”.
We will now illustrate how the aforementioned definition can be equivalently classified into the following:
Proposition 4
The module M is almost
-projective if and only if
for some almost direct sum of uniserial module S and
.
Proof
“
. Let N be a module with
and let
where
such that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. Consequently,
is almost direct sum of uniserial module and hence, by Proposition 2, S is almost direct sum of uniserial module too. Supposing
, we deduce that
, as required.
. Assume that
, which we without loss of generality interpret as an equality, whence we get
. Thus, again in view of Proposition 2,
is almost direct sum of uniserial module, as desired.
The notion of
-projective modules were defined in Sikander (2019) and showed that a module M is
-projective if and only if there exists a countably generated nice submodule L such that
is
-projective. So, formulating the last in terms of almost
-projective modules, we obtain a common strengthening of Definition 2 as follows:
Definition 3
A QTAG-module M is called almost
-projective if there is a countably generated nice submodule N such that
is almost
-projective.
Apparently,
is countably generated.
Therefore, the main goal of this article is to study some of the distinctive qualities of the mentioned new class of modules in Definition 3 by using the information from above. Although at first glance there is an absolute analogue with (Sikander, 2019), which is not true and the fundamental reason why this is wrong is that the almost direct sum of uniserial modules lacks the crucial direct decomposition characteristic of the direct sum of uniserial modules.
Proposition 5
A submodule of an almost
-projective module is also almost
-projective.
Proof
. Let
such that
is almost
-uniserial i.e,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules and suppose that
. Then
is again almost
-uniserial, and
with
, as desired.
Proposition 6
The submodule of an almost
-projective module is almost
-projective as well.
Proof
Assume that
where M is almost
-projective. Thus
is almost
-projective for some countably generated submodule N. Moreover,
is almost
-projective too by Proposition 5, and
. Since
is countably generated, we are done.
Remark 1
Let M be a separable module with a countably generated nice submodule N. Then M is almost direct sum of uniserial modules if and only if
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules.
Lemma 1
Let N be a countably generated submodule of a QTAG module M with
as almost direct sum of uniserial submodules. Then M is the sum of a countably generated submodule and an almost direct sum of uniserial modules.
Proof
Since
is countably generated, we may isomorphically embed it in an essential submodule of
where L is a high submodule of M and thus
will also be countably generated. In fact,
where it is easily checked that
is essential in
because L is maximal with respect to intersecting
trivially. This provide evidence to support our claim. Furthermore, one can write that
for some countably generated submodule S. We know that by Begam, 2014, If
is almost direct sum of uniserial submodules for some QTAG module M and its countably generated submodule N, then M is almost simply presented and a high submodule of an almost simply presented module is almost direct sum of uniserial module, we obtain that M must be almost direct sum of uniserial module and so the required decomposition.
An immediate consequence of the above lemma is as follows:
Corollary 1
Suppose that T is an almost direct sum of uniserial module and S is its countably generated submodule. Then
is the sum of a countably generated module and an almost direct sum of uniserial module.
Proof
Using Remark 1, one can infer, for any countably generated nice submodule C of T as
that
remain almost direct sum of uniserial module. But
, where
is countably generated. Now use of Lemma 1 ensures the desired decomposition of
.
Proposition 7
A separable QTAG module M is almost
-projective if and only if
is almost
-projective, where N be a countably generated nice submodule of the sepearable module M.
Proof
“
Suppose that
is almost direct sum of uniserial module, for some
. Observe that the two isomorphisms hold:
Since
is countably generated, it follows from Begam, 2014 that
is almost simply presented where we put
and
. Therefore,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules with
. Thus by Definition 2 the quotient module
is almost
-projective, as claimed.
. For the reverse implication suppose that
be almost
-projective. Therefore, there is a quotient
with
and
such that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. Hence S is the direct sum of a countably generated and an
-bounded module, say
where A is countably generated and
. We further infer that
where
is countably generated and so
is almost simply presented. Therefore,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules with
. Finally, M is almost
-projective, as expected.
Corollary 2
Suppose that M is a separable almost
-projective module. Then M is almost
-projective.
Proof
Let N be a countably generated submodule of the module M such that
is almost
-projective. Application of Proposition 7 gives that M is almost
-projective, as asserted.
Proposition 8
(a) If M is almost
-projective, then
is almost
-projective for any ordinal
.
(b) If M is (nicely) almost
-projective, then
is (nicely) almost
-projective for all ordinals
.
Proof
The above statements are trivial for the ordinals
. So, we will discuss the case
.
(a) Suppose
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules for some
. So,
L and hence
for each ordinal
. Furthermore,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules with
, as desired.
(b) First, we will discuss the case for nice submodules. So if
is almost
-projective for some countably generated nice submodule N, we deduce with the help of part (a), that
is almost
-projective. Since
is obviously countably generated and nice in
, Fuchs (1970 and 1973.), we are done.
Now we will discuss the part without
. To show it, suppose
be almost
-projective for some countably generated submodule N. We claim that
is almost
-projective. In fact, if P is an almost
-projective module with
, then
is also almost
-projective. To this goal, write
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules for some
. Thus
whence
. This gives that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules for
and means that
is really as desired. We just apply this assertion to
and
and the claim is established. Furthermore, by what we have previously shown,
being almost
-projective with countably generated
ensures that
is almost
-projective, as formulated.
As an immediate consequence we have the following:
Corollary 3
If M is almost
-projective, then
is almost
-projective.
For modules with countably generated first Ulm submodule, we have the following interesting result:
Theorem 1
Suppose M is a module such that
is countably generated. Then M is almost
-projective if and only if
is almost
- projective.
Proof
The direct part follows trivially by Definition 3 while the reverse implication part can be obtained using Corollary 3.
Theorem 2
The module M is (nicely) almost
-projective if and only if
is countably generated and
is (nicely) almost
projective.
Proof
The direct implications follows from Proposition 8 (b) by substituting
. As for the other way round, suppose
is almost
-projective for some countably generated (nice) quotient
such that
. But N is countably generated (and nice) in M, so that M is (nicely) almost
-projective, as claimed.
One can state the following by exploiting the above idea:
Corollary 4
Suppose that
is countably generated for some ordinal
. Then M is almost
-projective if and only if
is almost
-projective.
Proof
The direct implication can be obtained using Proposition 8 while the reverse implication follows on the same line of the proof of Theorem 2.
Proposition 9
The direct sums of almost
-projective modules are almost
-projective modules.
Proof
Suppose
where all components
are almost
- projective. So,
’s are almost direct sum of uniserial modules for some
. Furthermore, putting
, we infer that
and that
are almost direct sums of uniserial modules owing to Mehdi et al. (2006), as expected.
The following improves (Proposition 2.14, Sikander, 2019) to the new framework.
Proposition 10
Suppose
is a module for some index set T. Then M is almost
-projective if and only if
is almost
-projective for each index
, and there exists a countable subset
such that
’s are almost
-projective for all
.
Proof
For the direct implication, suppose that X be a countably generated submodule of M such that
is almost
-projective. From Proposition 6 it follows that all
’s are almost
-projective. Clearly,
for some
with
. Therefore,
, so that
, and hence
’s are almost
-projective for every
in conjunction with Proposition 5.
For the reverse implication suppose all factors
be almost
-projective for some countably generated submodules
. Set
, whence X is countably generated. However,
and so by Proposition 9 we conclude that
is almost
-projective, as required.
We have the following consequence:
Corollary 5
The countable direct sum of almost
-projective module is an almost
- projective module.
Now we will discuss some equivalencies that give comprehensive characterizations of almost
-projectivity.
Theorem 3
The following conditions are equivalent:
-
M is almost
-projective;
-
is the sum of a countably generated module and an almost direct sum of uniserial module where
;
-
where
is the sum of a countably generated module and an almost direct sum of uniserial module and
;
-
is almost direct sum of uniserial module, where
is countably generated
is the direct sum of a countably generated module and an n-bounded module);
-
, where W is almost direct sum of uniserial module and
is countably generated
is the direct sum of a countably generated module and a n-bounded module);
-
, where X is almost
-projective and Y is countably generated;
-
is countably generated, where U is almost
-projective.
Proof
We start with
: Suppose
is almost
-projective for some countably generated submodule
. Let
be maximal with respect to
.
Clearly
, so that Proposition 5 applies to get that Uis almost
-projective too.
On the other way round,
where the latter is an essential submodule of
, and thus
will be countably generated. In fact, for any
with
we obtain by the modular law from Fuchs (1970 and 1973.) that
because
since
. Thus (7) follows.
. Suppose that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules, where
for some countably generated submodule Q and
-bounded submodule N. But
, and
is
-bounded. Therefore,
is almost
-projective and (1) holds. Conversely suppose that
be almost
-projective for some countably generated submodule Q. Hence there is an
-bounded submodule
with
such that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. Since
is countably generated, we are done.
. First, we note the following helpful fact: Setting
, where B is countably generated and W is almost direct sum of uniserial modules, there exists a countably generated module C such that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. Indeed,
being a countably generated submodule of W forces that
where F is a countably generated nice submodule of W whence by Remark 1 we infer that
is almost direct sum of uniserial module. It therefore follows that
. That is why,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. Denoting
, we are done. Furthermore, applying the last observation to
we obtain that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules, where
is countably generated. Hence
is countably generated, as stated. For the reverse part suppose that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules with
where
is countably generated and N is bounded by
. However,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules with countably generated
, so that Lemma 1 is applicable for
to finish the equivalence.
. First, assume that
for some almost
- projective module X and its countably generated submodule Y. Using Proposition 4, one may write that
where W is almost direct sum of uniserial modules with
, and
is countably generated with
. Furthermore,
and since
for some countably generated submodule C, one may derive that
is countably generated, as required.
For the reverse implication, let us assume that
where W is almost direct sum of uniserial modules and
is countably generated. Since D is the direct sum of a countably generated submodule B and an
-bounded module V, say
, one may deduce that
. However, using Proposition 4,
is almost
-projective, whereas
is countably generated. This ensures that (6) holds, thus completing the verification of the desired equivalence.
. Suppose that
is countably generated for some almost
- projective submodule U. Let A be a countably generated submodule which is the direct sum of uniserial modules and
be a homomorphism such that
. If we set
, then F is almost
-projective appealing to Proposition 9. If now we let
be the identity map, then we have a surjective homomorphism
. If B is its kernel, then obviously
; in fact,
forces that
. Hence
and B is isomorphic to a submodule of A. Thus B is countably generated, and we are done.
. Let
where W is almost direct sum of uniserial modules and
where G is countably generated and N is bounded by
. Since
and
is
-bounded, we just take into account Corollary 1 to conclude that
is the sum of a countably generated submodule and an almost direct sum of uniserial modules, as desired.
. Suppose
where
with countably generated submodule B and almost direct sum of uniserial module W. Since
, set
. Thus
remains again the sum of a countably generated submodule and an almost direct sum of uniserial modules.
. Let us express
, where
and B is countably generated whereas W is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. But
. Observing that
is countably generated and
is almost
-projective in conjunction with Proposition 4, we routinely see that
is countably generated for
, as needed.
(2)
. Suppose first that
is countably generated for some almost
-projective module U. So, we write
for some countably generated submodule
. Consequently,
is almost direct sum of uniserial module for some
and thus
where
is countably generated. Thus (2) is satisfied. Conversely, let
where the first summand is countably generated while the second is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. So,
and
where G is countably generated, which gives
. But U is almost direct sum of uniserial modules and
is countably generated. Hence (7) is fulfilled.
Theorem 4
Let N be a submodule of M such that
is countaly generated. Then M is almost
-projective if and only if N is almost
projective.
Proof
The direct part follows by using Proposition 6. For the reverse implication, according to point (7) of Theorem 3, we write that
is countably generated for some almost
-projective module T. Therefore,
being countably generated implies that
is countably generated and again point (7) of Theorem 3 yields that M is almost
-projective, as claimed.
Theorem 5
Let L be a countably generated submodule of M. Then M is almost
-projective if and only if
is almost
projective.
Proof
: Suppose
is almost
-projective for the countably generated submodule L. Therefore there is a countably generated submodule
of
with
such that
is almost
-projective. Since P remains countably generated, M must be almost
-projective, as claimed.
: Suppose
be almost
-projective for some countably generated submodule Y. By part (6) of Theorem 3, we have that
is almost
-projective because
is countably generated. Since
remains countably generated, an appeal to the above part proved assures that
is almost
-projective, as asserted.
One of the main result of the article is the following:
Theorem 6
The class of almost
-projective modules is closed under
-bijections, and is the minimal class containing almost
-projectives with that property.
Proof
The first part follows by a combination of Theorems 4 and 5 along with (Lemma 2.9, Sikander, 2019). The remaining part can be proved easily by using Theorem 3 and (Proposition 2.10, Sikander, 2019)
We now conclude this article by establishing the characterization of a module to be amost
-projective as follows:
Theorem 7
The module M is almost
-projective if and only if there exists a countably generated nice submodule K which satisfies the inequalities
such that
is almost
-projective.
Proof
In view of part (3) of Theorem 3, we write
where L is the sum of a countably generated module B and an almost direct sum of uniserial modules Q, say
, and
. Setting
, we observe that
We now prove two things about L, that are,
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules, and
is countably generated whence so is
. In fact, since
is countably generated, there is a countably generated nice submodule
of Q such that
. That is why,
. However,
remains countably generated, whereas
remains separable. Consequently,
is countably generated and hence the same holds for its submodule
. But
is countably generated, so that
is countably generated, indeed.
For the other claim by using Remark 1, we have that
is almost direct sum of uniserial modules. Since
remains countably generated Then
is really almost direct sum of uniserial modules Begam, 2014. Furthermore, since
is bounded by
, it now follows from Proposition 4 that
must be almost
- projective, as desired.
Finally, it is routinely seen that
and that
because
. It is next easily checked that such a submodule K satisfying the above two inequalities should be nice in M, as desired.