On topological lattices and their applications to module theory

Abstract

Yassemi's "second submodules" are dualized and properties of its spectrum are studied. This is done by moving the ring theoretical setting to a lattice theoretical one and by introducing the notion of a (strongly) topological lattice L = (L, Lambda, V) with respect to a proper subset X of L. We investigate and characterize (strongly) topological lattices in general in order to apply it to modules over associative unital rings. Given a non-zero left R-module M, we introduce and investigate the spectrum Spec(f) (M) of first submodules of M as a dual notion of Yassemi's second submodules. We topologize Spec(f) (M) and investigate the algebraic properties of M by passing to the topological properties of the associated space.