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This document outlines 10 problems related to module theory for an assignment due on February 28, 2021. The problems involve determining direct limits of modules, showing whether modules are divisible or injective, computing annihilators and associated primes, and other questions relating modules over rings.

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Assignment 2

This document outlines 10 problems related to module theory for an assignment due on February 28, 2021. The problems involve determining direct limits of modules, showing whether modules are divisible or injective, computing annihilators and associated primes, and other questions relating modules over rings.

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Assignment -2, Submt by February 28, 2021

1. Let R = Z, Mn = Z/nZ. Show that Q/Z is the the direct limit of Z/nZ.
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2. Let R = Z, p a prime, Mn = Z/pn Z, φn,n+1 : Mn −→ Mn+1 . Show that the direct limit is M :=
z
p−∞ Z = { n |z ∈ Z, n ≥ 0}. Is M a divisible R-module? Is it injective?
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3. Let R = Z, p a prime, Mn = Z and φn,n+1 : Mn −→ Mn+1 . Determine the direct limit.
4. Let Mn = C[x]/(xn ). Show that the inverse limit is C[[x]].
5. Let R = Z[x] and K = Q(x), the quotient field of R. Show that K/R is divisible but not injective.
 
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6. Let k be a division ring and V a left k-vector space of infinite dimension, Let M =
k k
 
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x= , N =< x > is a submodule of M . Show that
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(i) N is simple projective module
(ii) N is not divisible.

7. Let R = Z/4Z, M = Z/2Z. Is M an injective R-module?


8. Let K be a field and R = k[x] a polynomial ring. Let 0 6= f be an irreducible element and S = R − (f ).
Can a map R → S −1 R be lifted to a map k(x) → S −1 R. Is S −1 R an injective R-module.
9. Let R be a ring and p, q prime ideals. Let M = (R/p) ⊗ (R/q). Determine ann(M ) and Ass(M ).

10. Let R be an integral domain which is not a field. Show that R is not an injective R-module.

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