- Semiperfect ring
In
abstract algebra , a semiperfect ring is a ring over which every finitely generated left module has aprojective cover . This property is left right symmetric.Definition
Let "R" be ring. Then "R" is semiperfect if any of the following equivalent conditions hold:
* "R"/J("R") is semisimple and
idempotent s lift modulo J("R"), where J("R") is theJacobson radical of "R".
* "R" has a complete orthogonal set "e"1, ..., "e""n" ofidempotent s with each "e""i" "R e""i" alocal ring .
* Every simple left (right) "R"-module has aprojective cover .
* Every finitely generated left (right) "R"-module has aprojective cover .Examples
Examples of semiperfect rings include:
*
Perfect ring s.
*Local ring s.
* Left (right)Artinian ring s.
* Finite dimensional "k"-algebras.Properties
Since a ring "R" is semiperfect iff every simple left "R"-module has a
projective cover , every ring Morita equivalent to a semiperfect ring is also semiperfect.References
*cite book|last = Anderson|first = Frank Wylie|coauthors = Fuller, Kent R|title = Rings and Categories of Modules|publisher = Springer|date = 1992|isbn = 0387978453|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=PswhrD_wUIkC|accessdate = 2007-03-27
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