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Characterizing categoricity in the class $Add(M)$

Rings and Algebras 2026-03-27 v6

Abstract

We show that the condition of being categorical in a tail of cardinals can be characterized for the class of RR-modules of the form \Add(M)\Add(M). More precisely, let RR be a ring and MM be an RR-module which can be generated by \leq \aleph elements. Then \Add(M)\Add(M) is κ\kappa-categorical in all κ>R++0\kappa>\Vert R\Vert+\aleph+\aleph_0 if and only if \Add(M)\Add(M) is κ\kappa-categorical in some κ>R++0\kappa>\Vert R\Vert+\aleph+\aleph_0; if and only if every RR-module of cardinal κ\kappa in \Add(M)\Add(M) is MM-free for all κ>R++0\kappa>\Vert R\Vert+\aleph+\aleph_0; if and only if every RR-module of cardinal (R++0)+(\Vert R\Vert+\aleph+\aleph_0)^{+} in \Add(M)\Add(M) is MM-free. As an application, we show that the class of pure-projective RR-modules is categorical in some (all) big cardinal if and only if the module P(0)P^{(\aleph_0)} is free for each countably generated pure-projective RR-module PP; the class of semisimple RR-modules is categorical in some (all) big cardinal if and only if RR admits a unique simple module up to isomorphism, partly answering a question proposed in [5, Mazari-Armida M., Characterizing categoricity in several classes of modules. J. Algebra 617, 382-401 (2023)].

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@article{arxiv.2502.19641,
  title  = {Characterizing categoricity in the class $Add(M)$},
  author = {Xiaolei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.19641},
  year   = {2026}
}
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