Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 139 3 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If is left Noetherian and is a map from a left ideal, finitely many generators of have support in one finite set of summands. The map therefore lands in a finite direct sum of injectives and extends to . Baer's criterion proves that the full direct sum is injective.
Conversely, let and put . Embed each in an injective module . The maphas finite support. If the direct sum is injective, it extends to ; the extension's value at has finite support, forcing for every sufficiently large and every . Hence the chain stabilizes. This is the Bass-Papp theorem.