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A short algebraic proof of a theorem of Warfield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

A. Laradji
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, K.F.U.P.M., Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

In this note we give a direct algebraic proof of a theorem of Warfield on algebraically compact modules. It is shorter than the one given by Azumaya in [1], in that it does not use the embedding of a module M into M** (where M* is the character Homz (M, Q/Z)).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1993

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