Published in

Elsevier, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 5(215), p. 789-805, 2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpaa.2010.06.024

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Additive closed symmetric monoidal structures on R-modules

Journal article published in 2009 by Mark Hovey
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Orange circle
Postprint: archiving restricted
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

In this paper, we classify additive closed symmetric monoidal structures on the category of left R-modules by using Watts' theorem. An additive closed symmetric monoidal structure is equivalent to an R-module Lambda_{A,B} equipped with two commuting right R-module structures represented by the symbols A and B, an R-module K to serve as the unit, and certain isomorphisms. We use this result to look at simple cases. We find rings R for which there are no additive closed symmetric monoidal structures on R-modules, for which there is exactly one (up to isomorphism), for which there are exactly seven, and for which there are a proper class of isomorphism classes of such structures. We also prove some general structual results; for example, we prove that the unit K must always be a finitely generated R-module.