INDEPENDENTLY GENERATED MODULES

A module M over a ring R is said to satisfy (P) if every generating set of M contains an independent generating set. The following results are proved; (1) Let $\tau$ = ($\mathbb{T}_\tau,\;\mathbb{F}_\tau$) be a hereditary torsion theory such that $\mathbb{T}_\tau$ $\neq$ Mod-R. Then every $\tau$-torsionfree R-module satisfies (P) if and only if S = R/$\tau$(R) is a division ring. (2) Let $\mathcal{K}$ be a hereditary pre-torsion class of modules. Then every module in $\mathcal{K}$ satisfies (P) if and only if either $\mathcal{K}$ = {0} or S = R/$Soc_\mathcal{K}$(R) is a division ring, where $Soc_\mathcal{K}$(R) = $\cap${I 4\leq$ $R_R$ : R/I$\in\mathcal{K}$}.