A new version of a theorem of Kaplansky

Abstract

A well-known theorem of Kaplansky states that any projective module is a direct sum of countably generated modules. In this paper, we prove the w-version of this theorem, where w is a hereditary torsion theory for modules over a commutative ring.

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