For a field K, let $\mathcal {R}$ denote the Jacobson algebra $K\langle X, Y \ | \ XY=1\rangle $ . We give an explicit construction of the injective envelope of each of the (infinitely many) simple left $\mathcal {R}$ -modules. Consequently, we obtain an explicit description of a minimal injective cogenerator for $\mathcal {R}$ . Our approach involves realizing $\mathcal {R}$ up to isomorphism as the Leavitt path K-algebra of an appropriate graph $\mathcal {T}$ , which thereby allows us to utilize important machinery developed for that class of algebras.

Building on our previous work, we study the non-relative homology of quantum group convolution algebras. Our main result establishes the equivalence of amenability of a locally compact quantum group $\mathbb{G}$ and 1-injectivity of ${{L}^{\infty }}\left( \widehat{\mathbb{G}} \right)$ as an operator ${{L}^{1}}\left( \widehat{\mathbb{G}} \right)$-module. In particular, a locally compact group $G$ is amenable if and only if its group von Neumann algebra $\text{VN}\left( G \right)$ is 1-injective as an operator module over the Fourier algebra $A\left( G \right)$. As an application, we provide a decomposability result for completely bounded ${{L}^{1}}\left( \widehat{\mathbb{G}} \right)$-module maps on ${{L}^{\infty }}\left( \widehat{\mathbb{G}} \right)$, and give a simplified proof that amenable discrete quantum groups have co-amenable compact duals, which avoids the use of modular theory and the Powers-Størmer inequality, suggesting that our homological techniques may yield a new approach to the open problem of duality between amenability and co-amenability.

It was shown by Huynh and Rizvi that a ring $R$ is semisimple artinian if and only if every continuous right $R$-moduleis injective. However, a characterization of rings, over which every finitely generated continuous rightmodule is injective, has been left open. In this note we give a partial solution for this question. Namely, we showthat for a right semi-artinian ring $R$, every finitely generated continuous right $R$-module is injective if and onlyif all simple right $R$-modules are injective.

AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 16D50. Secondary 16P20; 16P60

A non-zero module M having a minimal generator set contains a maximal submodule. If M is Artinian and all submodules of M have minimal generator sets then M is Noetherian; it follows that every left Artinian module of a left perfect ring is Noetherian. Every right Noetherian module of a left perfect ring is Artinian. It follows that a module over a left and right perfect ring (in particular, commutative) is Artinian if and only if it is Noetherian. We prove that a local ring is left perfect if and only if each left module has a minimal generator set.