Generalizations of ⊕-Supplemented Modules

Abstract

We introduce ⊕ -radical supplemented modules and strongly ⊕ -radical supplemented modules (briefly, srs ⊕-modules) as proper generalizations of ⊕ -supplemented modules. We prove that (1) a semilocal ring R is left perfect if and only if every left R-module is an ⊕ -radical supplemented module; (2) a commutative ring R is an Artinian principal ideal ring if and only if every left R-module is an srs ⊕-module; (3) over a local Dedekind domain, every ⊕ -radical supplemented module is an srs ⊕-module. Moreover, we completely determine the structure of these modules over local Dedekind domains. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.