On Nilpotent Elements and Armendariz Modules

Abstract

For a left module MR over a non-commutative ring R, the notion for the class of nilpotent elements (nilR(M)) was first introduced and studied by Sevviiri and Groenewald in 2014 (Commun. Algebra, 42, 571–577). Moreover, Armendariz and semicommutative modules are generalizations of reduced modules and nilR(M)=0 in the case of reduced modules. Thus, the nilpotent class plays a vital role in these modules. Motivated by this, we present the concept of nil-Armendariz modules as a generalization of reduced modules and a refinement of Armendariz modules, focusing on the class of nilpotent elements. Further, we demonstrate that the quotient module M/N is nil-Armendariz if and only if N is within the nilpotent class of MR. Additionally, we establish that the matrix module Mn(M) is nil-Armendariz over Mn(R) and explore conditions under which nilpotent classes form submodules. Finally, we prove that nil-Armendariz modules remain closed under localization.

Keywords

• nilpotent element
• Armendariz module
• Armendariz ring
• nil-Armendariz module