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Module Theory

Endomorphism rings and direct sum decompositions in some classes of modules

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  • © 1998

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Part of the book series: Progress in Mathematics (PM, volume 167)

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About this book

This expository monograph was written for three reasons. Firstly, we wanted to present the solution to a problem posed by Wolfgang Krull in 1932 [Krull 32]. He asked whether what we now call the "Krull-Schmidt Theorem" holds for ar­ tinian modules. The problem remained open for 63 years: its solution, a negative answer to Krull's question, was published only in 1995 (see [Facchini, Herbera, Levy and Vamos]). Secondly, we wanted to present the answer to a question posed by Warfield in 1975 [Warfield 75]. He proved that every finitely pre­ sented module over a serial ring is a direct sum of uniserial modules, and asked if such a decomposition was unique. In other words, Warfield asked whether the "Krull-Schmidt Theorem" holds for serial modules. The solution to this problem, a negative answer again, appeared in [Facchini 96]. Thirdly, the so­ lution to Warfield's problem shows interesting behavior, a rare phenomenon in the history of Krull-Schmidt type theorems. Essentially, the Krull-Schmidt Theorem holds for some classes of modules and not for others. When it does hold, any two indecomposable decompositions are uniquely determined up to a permutation, and when it does not hold for a class of modules, this is proved via an example. For serial modules the Krull-Schmidt Theorem does not hold, but any two indecomposable decompositions are uniquely determined up to two permutations. We wanted to present such a phenomenon to a wider math­ ematical audience.

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"Written in an attractive and fresh mathematical style. Each topic is arranged well and lucidly. The author has made important contributions to the study of direct sum decompositions and many of the main results in this book include his own work."

--EMS Newsletter

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Udine, Udine, Italy

    Alberto Facchini

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Module Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Endomorphism rings and direct sum decompositions in some classes of modules

  • Authors: Alberto Facchini

  • Series Title: Progress in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8774-8

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5908-9Published: 16 June 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8774-8Published: 27 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0743-1643

  • Series E-ISSN: 2296-505X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 288

  • Topics: Algebra

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