For a left module over a unital associative algebra , right multiplication in gives a right module structure on by . This remains a module homomorphism because ; associativity and the unit verify the action axioms. When and is its simple module of columns, every such map is for a unique row , making the Hom space the simple row right module. This illustrates how left and right simple modules correspond for a semisimple algebra.
For , ,Additivity and complex linearity follow from those of and multiplication in , so is an module homomorphism. In particular the action stays inside . Associativity givesBoth distributive laws hold pointwise. These are exactly the axioms for a right module, proving is a right -module.
The Jacobson radical is . Indeed , so is contained in the Jacobson radical, and is a semisimple algebra, giving the reverse inclusion. The radical of a module of the left regular module is thereforeIts socle is the sum of its simple modules. The displayed left action shows that its -submodules span . There is no -submodule: if for every , applying forces the first row of to vanish, and applying then forces the remaining coefficient to vanish. HenceA homomorphism from is determined by any image of . Thus is the two-dimensional row right module with actionIts line is a nonzero proper submodule, so is not simple. Since has no copy in the socle, any homomorphism is zero. Thus is not simple either, since a simple module is required to be nonzero.