A uniform module is a nonzero module in which any two nonzero submodules intersect nontrivially. An essential extension means that is an essential submodule of : every nonzero submodule of meets . Since is a left Noetherian ring, the finitely generated is a Noetherian module.
Every nonzero Noetherian module contains a uniform submodule. Otherwise split a nonuniform submodule into two disjoint nonzero submodules, retain one for further splitting and set the other aside. If no uniform submodule is reached, the pieces set aside form an infinite direct sum, whose partial sums contradict the ascending chain condition. Now successively choose uniform submodules disjoint from the current direct sum. The process again must stop by Noetherianity, giving . At termination no nonzero submodule is disjoint from , so
This proves the finite uniform decomposition of a Noetherian module.
An injective hull is an injective module containing essentially. It is equivalently a minimal injective extension; we use the general existence theorem for injective hulls. To prove uniqueness, let be two hulls of . Injectivity of extends the identity on to . Its kernel is disjoint from and therefore zero by essentiality. Its image is injective, so its inclusion splits in . The complementary summand is disjoint from , hence zero. Thus is an isomorphism fixing .
A finite direct sum of injective modules is injective, and a finite direct sum of essential inclusions is essential. For the latter assertion, start with a nonzero vector and process its coordinates in turn: if a coordinate lies outside its specified essential submodule, multiply by a ring element taking that coordinate nontrivially into that submodule. Already processed coordinates stay inside their submodules; the chosen coordinate keeps the vector nonzero. Essentiality is also transitive. Consequently both and are injective hulls of , so uniqueness gives
The essential extension of a uniform module is uniform, since intersecting any two nonzero submodules with the original uniform module already gives a nonzero common intersection.
Write and . If is injective, its image is isomorphic to the injective module , hence is a direct summand. Uniformity leaves no nonzero complementary summand, so is an automorphism. Therefore the nonunits are exactly the noninjective endomorphisms. Let be their set. Two such maps have nonzero kernels, whose intersection is nonzero by uniformity; their sum kills this intersection. For a product, composition on the left preserves the original kernel. Composition on the right either has a noninjective right factor, or that factor is an automorphism and transports the original nonzero kernel. Thus is a proper two-sided ideal. Every element outside is a unit, so every nonzero residue class is invertible and every proper left or right ideal is contained in . This proves the local endomorphism ring of a uniform injective module assertion:
For the whole hull, let . Its endomorphism ring is the ring of finite block matrices
with multiplication given by summing compositions. The diagonal entries have the local rings just proved. Off-diagonal entries are homomorphism groups, not necessarily zero; in particular this ring is not generally the product of its diagonal rings. Repeated isomorphic summands give matrix blocks over their common local endomorphism ring.
For the left regular module of , the Bernstein filtration has graded ring , so finite leading-term cancellation proves that is left and right Noetherian and a domain. Let be its classical division ring of fractions. It is an essential extension of : a nonzero fraction satisfies in .
To prove that is injective, use the Baer criterion. For a homomorphism on a nonzero left ideal, fix . For any nonzero , take common left multiples with . Then , so in the division ring
Thus right multiplication by extends from to . The zero ideal is harmless. Hence is injective and . For any -linear endomorphism of , clearing the left denominator in gives . These are all right multiplications, and their composition reverses the multiplying elements. Therefore
The opposite ring in the injective hull of an Ore domain computation is essential for left-module conventions.