Some variations of projectivity

Abstract

We prove that a ring [Formula: see text] has a module [Formula: see text] whose domain of projectivity consists of only some injective modules if and only if [Formula: see text] is a right noetherian right [Formula: see text]-ring. Also, we consider modules which are projective relative only to a subclass of max modules. Such modules are called max-poor modules. In a recent paper Holston et al. showed that every ring has a p-poor module (that is a module whose projectivity domain consists precisely of the semisimple modules). So every ring has a max-poor module. The structure of all max-poor abelian groups is completely determined. Examples of rings having a max-poor module which is neither projective nor p-poor are provided. We prove that the class of max-poor [Formula: see text]-modules is closed under direct summands if and only if [Formula: see text] is a right Bass ring. A ring [Formula: see text] is said to have no right max-p-middle class if every right [Formula: see text]-module is either projective or max-poor. It is shown that if a commutative noetherian ring [Formula: see text] has no right max-p-middle class, then [Formula: see text] is the ring direct sum of a semisimple ring [Formula: see text] and a ring [Formula: see text] which is either zero or an artinian ring or a one-dimensional local noetherian integral domain such that the quotient field [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] has a proper [Formula: see text]-submodule which is not complete in its [Formula: see text]-topology. Then we show that a commutative noetherian hereditary ring [Formula: see text] has no right max-p-middle class if and only if [Formula: see text] is a semisimple ring.