• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.409-422
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• 2002

We investigate the relationship between various generalizations of von Neumann regularity condition and the condition that every prime ideal is maximal in exchange rings.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.63 no.1
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• pp.15-27
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• 2023

A purely extending module is a generalization of an extending module. In this paper, we study several properties of purely extending modules and introduce the notion of purely essentially Baer modules. A module M is said to be a purely essentially Baer if the right annihilator in M of any left ideal of the endomorphism ring of M is essential in a pure submodule of M. We study some properties of purely essentially Baer modules and characterize von Neumann regular rings in terms of purely essentially Baer modules.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.217-232
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• 2016

We make a study of two generalizations of regular rings, concentrating our attention on the structure of idempotents. A ring R is said to be right attaching-idempotent if for $a{\in}R$ there exists $0{\neq}b{\in}R$ such that ab is an idempotent. Next R is said to be generalized regular if for $0{\neq}a{\in}R$ there exist nonzero $b{\in}R$ such that ab is a nonzero idempotent. It is first checked that generalized regular is left-right symmetric but right attaching-idempotent is not. The generalized regularity is shown to be a Morita invariant property. More structural properties of these two concepts are also investigated.