Abstract. In this note, we consider certain generalizations of injectivity and pinjectivity in connection with von Neumann regular rings, self-injective regular rings, II-regular rings, semi-simple Artinian and simple Artinian rings.A generalization of quasi-injective modules, noted SCS modules, is introduced. It is proved that A is a left self injective regular ring if, and only if, A is a left p-injective left non-singular left SCS ring. SCS rings are used to characterize simple Artinian rings. A generalization of p-injective modules, noted WGP-injective is used to study II-regular rings. If A is a right p.p. right WGP-injective ring, then A is II-regular. If A is a semi-prime ring whose simple left modules are either WGP-injective or projective, then the centre of A is von Neumann regular. Left Artinian rings are characterized as left Noetherian rings whose prime factor rings are left WGP-injective. Also, A is a left WGP-injective ring if and only if for any a 6 A, there exists a positive integer n such that a n A is a right anihilator. (Here a n may be zero.)
IntroductionThroughout, A denotes an associative ring with identity and A-modules are unitial, J, Y, Z will stand respectively for the Jacobson radical, the right singular ideal and the left singular ideal of A. A is called respectively semiprimitive ( (a) Following Faith [7], A is called VNR if 11 A is a von Neumann regular ring". Recall that: