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Tests for injectivity of modules over commutative rings

Commutative Algebra 2016-06-16 v3

Abstract

It is proved that a module M over a commutative noetherian ring R is injective if Ext^i((R/p)_p,M)=0 holds for every i\ge 1 and every prime ideal p in R. This leads to the following characterization of injective modules: If F is faithfully flat, then a module M such that Hom(F,M) is injective and Ext^i(F,M)=0 for all i\ge 1 is injective. A limited version of this characterization is also proved for certain non-noetherian rings.

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@article{arxiv.1508.04639,
  title  = {Tests for injectivity of modules over commutative rings},
  author = {Lars Winther Christensen and Srikanth B. Iyengar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.04639},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Updated bibliography. Final version to appear in Collect. Math.; 8 pp

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