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FALSE: every finitely generated module over a domain is a direct sum of cyclic modules

Statement

False claim. Every finitely generated module over an integral domain is a direct sum of cyclic modules.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

For aR, the ideal ({a}) is written (a) and is called principal (The ideal generated by a subset and principal ideals).

Refutation

technique · direct
1.1

Let R=Z[x] and I=(2,x). The ring is a domain, and I is generated by the displayed elements, so it is a two-generated torsion-free R-module.

givenalgebra
2.1

Any nonzero cyclic submodule of the torsion-free ideal is isomorphic to R. If a direct-sum decomposition contained two nonzero cyclic summands with nonzero generators a,bI, the relation baab=0 would be a nontrivial relation between them, contradicting directness. Thus a cyclic decomposition could have at most one nonzero summand.

step 1.1algebra
3.1

A single nonzero cyclic summand would make I principal by [F1]. But a generator would divide both 2 and x in Z[x], hence would be a unit; that would give I=R, while reduction modulo (2,x) shows 1I. Thus I is not cyclic and has no direct-sum decomposition into cyclic modules, refuting the claim and isolating the PID hypothesis.

step 1.1F1algebra

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