MSQ questions on Artinian module

Topic :- Artinian module

Name :- Sachin Kumar

Roll No. :- M23MA1016

MSQ Questions on Artinian Module

1.Which of the following statements about Artinian modules are true?

a) An Artinian module is always cyclic.

b) An Artinian module is Noetherian if and only if it is finitely generated.

c) Every proper submodule of an Artinian module is also Artinian.

d) An Artinian module over a commutative ring is necessarily finitely generated.

2.Consider a module 𝑀 over a commutative ring 𝑅. Which of the following statements

characterize Artinian modules?

a) A module is Artinian if and only if it has no infinite ascending chains of proper submodules.

b) Every finitely generated submodule of an Artinian module is itself Artinian.

c) An Artinian module is necessarily finitely generated.

d) A module over a Noetherian ring is Artinian if and only if it is finitely generated.

Solution

1. Which of the following statements about Artinian modules are true?

a) An Artinian module is always cyclic. (False)- Artinian modules need not be cyclic. For example,
the module Z6 over the ring Z is Artinian but not cyclic.

b) An Artinian module is Noetherian if and only if it is finitely generated. (True)- This is a

fundamental result in module theory. A module is Artinian if and only if it satisfies the descending
chain condition (DCC) on its submodules, and it is Noetherian if and only if it satisfies the
ascending chain condition (ACC) on its submodules. Therefore, an Artinian module is Noetherian if
and only if it is finitely generated.

c) Every proper submodule of an Artinian module is also Artinian. (True) - This statement is true. If
M is an Artinian module and N is a submodule of M, then any descending chain of submodules of
N can be extended to a descending chain of submodules of M. Thus, if M is Artinian, then every
submodule of M is also Artinian.

d) An Artinian module over a commutative ring is necessarily finitely generated. (False) - While an
Artinian module is Noetherian if and only if it is finitely generated, an Artinian module need not be
finitely generated. For example, the ring Q is Artinian as a module over itself, but it is not finitely
generated.

2. Consider a module M over a commutative ring R. Which of the following statements

characterize Artinian modules?

a) A module is Artinian if and only if it has no infinite ascending chains of proper submodules
(True)- This statement is true. An Artinian module satisfies the descending chain condition (DCC)
on its submodules, which is equivalent to saying it has no infinite ascending chains of proper
submodules.

b) Every finitely generated submodule of an Artinian module is itself Artinian. (False)- While every
submodule of an Artinian module is Artinian, it's not necessarily the case that every finitely
generated submodule of an Artinian module is itself Artinian. Consider the module Q over itself. It
is Artinian, but its submodule generated by 1/2 is not Artinian.

c) An Artinian module is necessarily finitely generated. (False) - As mentioned earlier, an Artinian

module need not be finitely generated. There exist Artinian modules that are not finitely generated.

d) A module over a Noetherian ring is Artinian if and only if it is finitely generated. (True)- This
statement is true. It's a consequence of a well-known result in module theory that over a
Noetherian ring, a module is Artinian if and only if it is finitely generated.