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When is the category of flat modules abelian?

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  1. Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain

Abstract

Let Fl(R) denote the category of flat right modules over an associative ring R. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for Fl(R) to be a Grothendieck category, in terms of properties of the ring R.

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Fundamenta Mathematicae
1995/147/1
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83-91
Main language of publication
English
Received
1994-04-28
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences