Sunday, 15 November 2009

ra.rings and algebras - Behavior of the projective dimension of modules in a continuous chain of extensions

Let R be an arbitrary ring. Let D be the class of R-modules of projective dimension less than or equal to a natural number n. If L is the direct union of a continuous chain of submodules Lalpha,alpha<lambda for some ordinal number lambda (this means that L=bigcupalphaLalpha,LalphasubseteqLalpha if alphaleqalpha<lambda and Lbeta=bigcupalpha<betaLalpha when beta<lambda is a limit ordinal) with L0inD and Lalpha+1/LalphainD,forallalpha<lambda, can one show that LinD?



PS: We know that when R is a perfect ring, then D is closed under direct limits, then we can prove the above by transfinite induction. But if R is not perfect, how can we show that?

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