T-dual Rickart modules

Abstract

We introduce the notions of T-dual Rickart and strongly T-dual Rickart modules. We provide several characterizations and investigate properties of each of these concepts. It is shown that every free (resp. finitely generated free) $R$-module is T-dual Rickart if and only if $overline{Z}^2(R)$ is a direct summand of $R$ and End$(overline{Z}^2(R))$ is a semisimple (resp. regular) ring. It is shown that, while a direct summand of a (strongly) T-dual Rickart module inherits the property, direct sums of T-dual Rickart modules do not. Moreover, when a direct sum of T-dual Rickart modules is T-dual Rickart, is included. Examples<br />illustrating the results are presented.