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Invariant-factor decomposition of a finitely generated module over a PID
Statement
Every finitely generated PID module is a finite free module direct-summed with cyclic torsion quotients. Precisely, if is finitely generated over a PID , then
where each is a nonzero nonunit and . Every finitely generated PID module has an invariant-factor decomposition. This assertion is existence; uniqueness is proved separately.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A finitely generated module , quotient modules (Quotient module with scalar multiplication on additive cosets), and the first isomorphism theorem for modules (First isomorphism theorem for modules: ).
For a submodule of a free PID module of finite rank , there are a basis of and nonzero elements with such that is a basis of (Simultaneous bases for a submodule of a finite free module over a PID).
Proof
Choose generators of and define the surjection by sending the standard basis to them; put . For the zero module one may take .
Apply [L1] to . There is a basis of and a basis of , with nonzero .
The first isomorphism theorem and coordinatewise quotient give . Any unit contributes the zero quotient and is removed; the remaining nonunit factors preserve the divisibility chain. This constructs the stated decomposition, including purely free, purely torsion, cyclic, and empty cases.
Depends on
Used by
- A finitely generated PID module is its torsion submodule direct-summed with a finite free module Corollary
- Every finitely generated torsion-free module over a PID is free Corollary
- The fundamental theorem of finitely generated abelian groups from PID modules Corollary
- Invariant factors and elementary divisors of an endomorphism Definition
- Smith normal form of an explicit three-by-three integer matrix Example
- FALSE: every finitely generated module over a domain is a direct sum of cyclic modules False statement
- Extension to the fraction field recovers the free rank of a finitely generated PID module Proposition
- Existence and uniqueness of rational canonical form Theorem
- Primary decomposition and elementary-divisor form for finitely generated PID modules Theorem
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Sources
- K. Conrad, Modules over a PID, Theorem 4.1 (standard reference, not scraped)
- M. Brussel, Finitely Generated Modules over a PID, Section 3 (standard reference, not scraped)