Abstract
In trying to extend the concept of torsion to rings more general than commutative integral domains the first thing that we notice is that if the definition is carried over word for word, integral domains are the only rings with torsion-free modules. Thus, if m is an element of any right module M over a ring containing a pair of non-zero elements x and y such that xy = 0, then either mx = 0 or (mx)y = 0. A second difficulty arises in the non-commutative case: Does the set of torsion elements of M form a submodule? The answer to this question will not even be "yes" for arbitrary non-commutative integral domains.
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