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Nice decomposition series and rich modules. (English) Zbl 1109.16002

Summary: The concept of QTAG-modules was introduced by S. Singh [Acta Math. Hung. 50, 85-95 (1987; Zbl 0628.16014)]. A module \(M\) is said to be a QTAG-module if every finitely generated submodule of every homomorphic image of \(M\) is a direct sum of uniserial modules. Various mathematicians generalized many results of primary Abelian groups for these modules. Totally projective QTAG-modules have significance in the theory of modules, which may be generalized in several ways. Here we study them in terms of nice decomposition series. W. Liebert [Abelian group theory, Proc. Conf., Honolulu 1983, Lect. Notes Math. 1006, 384-399 (1983; Zbl 0531.20032)] defined a rich group as a \(p\)-group \(G\) if every height-increasing homomorphism from a finite subgroup of \(G\) into \(G\) can be extended to an endomorphism of \(G\). In this paper we generalize this concept for QTAG-modules and further characterise the endomorphism ring of the rich decent QTAG-modules.

MSC:

16D80 Other classes of modules and ideals in associative algebras
16D70 Structure and classification for modules, bimodules and ideals (except as in 16Gxx), direct sum decomposition and cancellation in associative algebras)
16W20 Automorphisms and endomorphisms