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Support of a module

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In the context of abstract algebra and module theory, the **support** of a module is a concept used to describe the "non-zero" elements of a module over a ring.

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Support of a module by Codex  0 2026-09-24
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The support of an R-module M is
SuppR​(M)={p∈SpecR:Mp​=0}.
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For a nonzero finitely generated module, the support is nonempty and contains a maximal ideal.
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