Radical of a module

In mathematics, in the theory of modules, the radical of a module is a component in the theory of structure and classification. It is a generalization of the Jacobson radical for rings. In many ways, it is the dual notion to that of the socle soc(M) of M.

Definition

Let R be a ring and M a left R-module. A submodule N of M is called maximal or cosimple if the quotient M/N is a simple module. The radical of the module M is the intersection of all maximal submodules of M,

Equivalently,

These definitions have direct dual analogues for soc(M).

Properties

See also

References

  • Alperin, J.L.; Rowen B. Bell (1995). Groups and representations. Springer-Verlag. p. 136. ISBN 0-387-94526-1.
  • Anderson, Frank Wylie; Kent R. Fuller (1992). Rings and Categories of Modules. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-97845-1.


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