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Special precovering classes in comma categories

Rings and Algebras 2020-09-30 v7

Abstract

Let TT be a right exact functor from an abelian category B\mathscr{B} into another abelian category A\mathscr{A}. Then there exists a functor p{\bf p} from the product category A×B\mathscr{A}\times\mathscr{B} to the comma category (TA)(T\downarrow\mathscr{A}). In this paper, we study the property of the extension closure of some classes of objects in (TA)(T\downarrow\mathscr{A}), the exactness of the functor p{\bf p} and the detail description of orthogonal classes of a given class p(X,Y){\bf p}(\mathcal{X},\mathcal{Y}) in (TA)(T\downarrow\mathscr{A}). Moreover, we characterize when special precovering classes in abelian categories A\mathscr{A} and B\mathscr{B} can induce special precovering classes in (TA)(T\downarrow\mathscr{A}). As an application, we prove that under suitable cases, the class of Gorenstein projective left Λ\Lambda-modules over a triangular matrix ring Λ=(RMOS)\Lambda=\left(\begin{smallmatrix}R & M \\ O & S \end{smallmatrix} \right) is special precovering if and only if both the classes of Gorenstein projective left RR-modules and left SS-modules are special precovering. Consequently, we produce a large variety of examples of rings such that the class of Gorenstein projective modules is special precovering over them.

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@article{arxiv.1911.03345,
  title  = {Special precovering classes in comma categories},
  author = {Jiangsheng Hu and Haiyan Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03345},
  year   = {2020}
}

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