A Generalization of Projective Module

Abstract

Let $V$ be a submodule of a direct sum of some elements in $\mathcal{U}$, and $X$ be a submodule of a direct sum of some elements in $\mathcal{N}$, where $\mathcal{U}$ and $\mathcal{N}$ are families of $R$-modules. A $\mathcal{U}$-free module is a generalization of a free module. According to the definition of $\mathcal{U}$-free module, we define three kinds of projective$_{\mathcal{U}}$ in this research, i.e., projective$_{\underline{\mathcal{U}}}$, projective$_{\mathcal{U}}$ module, and strictly projective$_{\mathcal{U}}$ module. The notion of strictly projective$_{\mathcal{U}}$ is a generalization of the projective module. In this research, we discuss the relationship between projective modules and the three types of modules. Furthermore, we show that the properties of $\mathcal{U}$ impact the properties of the projective$_{\mathcal{U}}$ module so that we can determine some properties of the projective$_{\mathcal{U}}$ module based on the properties of the family of $\mathcal{U}$ of $R$-modules.