hereditary ring
Let be a ring. A right (left) -module is called right (left) hereditary if every submodule of is projective over .
Remarks.
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If is semisimple
, then is hereditary.
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Suppose is an external direct sum of hereditary right (left) -modules, then is itself hereditary.
A ring is said to be a right (left) hereditary ring if all of its right (left) ideals are projective as modules over . If is both left and right hereditary, then is simply called a hereditary ring.
Remarks.
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Even though the notions of left and right heredity in rings are symmetrical, one does not imply the other.
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If is semisimple, then is hereditary.
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If is hereditary, then every free -module is a hereditary module.
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A hereditary integral domain
is a Dedekind domain
, and conversely.
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The global dimension of a non-semisimple hereditary ring is 1.