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Counting submodules of a module over a noetherian commutative ring

Commutative Algebra 2019-07-03 v2

Abstract

We count the number of submodules of an arbitrary module over a countable noetherian commutative ring. We give, along the way, a structural description of meager modules, which are defined as those that do not have the square of a simple module as subquotient. We deduce in particular a characterization of uniserial modules over commutative noetherian rings.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09224,
  title  = {Counting submodules of a module over a noetherian commutative ring},
  author = {Yves Cornulier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09224},
  year   = {2019}
}

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34 pages. v2: expanded introduction and preliminaries

R2 v1 2026-06-22T19:59:04.548Z