Ring theory MOC

Semisimple ring

A ring 𝑅 is semisimple iff it meets any of the following equivalent conditions:1 #m/def/ring

  1. 𝑅 is semisimple as a left module;
  2. 𝑅 is semisimple as a right module;
  3. Every 𝑅-module is semisimple;
  4. Every short exact sequence of 𝑅-modules splits.
  5. Every 𝑅-module is projective.
Proof of equivalence

#missing/proof Right iff left follows from Wedderburn–Artin theorem.


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Footnotes

  1. 2015. Advanced modern algebra, p. 497 ↩