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Z/2Z is projective but not free over Z/6Z

Example

Let R=Z/6Z. The ideal 3R={0,3} is isomorphic to Z/2Z as an R-module. It is projective but not free.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The ring R=Z/6Z and its ideal P=3R.

[L1]

Under AC, being a direct summand of a free module is equivalent to projectivity (Equivalent characterizations of projective modules).

[L2]

A free module with a finite basis is projective using only finite choice, which is provable in ZF (Free modules are projective, with the exact choice boundary).

[F1]

A free module is a direct sum of copies of the regular module, with one standard vector per basis element (The free module on a set and its standard basis).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1

The element 3 is idempotent modulo 6, and 13=4 is also idempotent, with 34=0 and 3+4=1. Hence R=3R4R.

givenalgebra
1.2

The module P has two elements. A free module on the empty set has one element; a free module on a nonempty finite set of size k has 6k elements; and a free module on an infinite set has infinitely many distinct standard basis vectors. None has two elements.

F1algebra
2.1

Thus P=3R is a direct summand of the rank-one free module R, which is projective without AC by [L2]. Precomposing a map from P with the projection RP, lifting from R, and restricting the lift to P proves directly that P is projective. The map Z/2ZP sending 1 to 3 is an R-module isomorphism.

step 1.1L1L2algebra
3.1

Hence PZ/2Z is projective and nonfree over Z/6Z.

step 2.1step 1.2

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