Dual $\pi$-Rickart Modules

Abstract

Let $R$ be an arbitrary ring with identity and $M$ a right $R$-module with $S =$ End$_R(M)$. In this paper we introduce dual $\pi$-Rickart modules as a generalization of $\pi$-regular rings as well as that of dual Rickart modules. The module $M$ is called {\it dual $\pi$-Rickart} if for any $f\in S$, there exist $e^2=e\in S$ and a positive integer $n$ such that Im$f^n=eM$. We prove that some results of dual Rickart modules can be extended to dual $\pi$-Rickart modules for this general settings. We investigate relations between a dual $\pi$-Rickart module and its endomorphism ring.