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The Set of Torsion Elements of a Module
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The Set of Torsion Elements of a Module

D. D Anderson and Sangmin Chun
Communications in Algebra, Vol.42(4), pp.1835-1843
04/03/2014
DOI: 10.1080/00927872.2013.796555

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Abstract

Let R be a commutative ring and M an R-module. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the set T(M) = {m ∈ M | rm = 0 for some 0 ≠ r ∈ R} of torsion elements of M. Of particular interest is the question of when T(M) is a submodule of M. We show that if M ≠ T(M), then T(M) is a union of prime submodules of M.
Torsion submodule Prime submodule Primary 13C12

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