## Ext and von Neumann regular rings.(English)Zbl 0577.16007

A ring R is called a left T-ring if $$Ext_ R(M,N)\neq 0$$ for each non- projective module M and each non-injective module N. In the paper, the following results are proved: 1) Let R be a von Neumann regular ring. If R is a T-ring, then each left ideal of R is countably generated. 2) Let R be a simple countable regular ring. Then $$Ext_ R(M,N)\neq 0$$ for all countably generated modules M, N such that M is not projective and N is not injective. 3) The preceding result is also true for uncountably generated non-projective modules M if we work in the ZFC set theory plus the Axiom of constructibility. 4) Let R be a direct limit of a countable directed system of simple countable completely reducible rings. Then R is a simple countable regular ring and R is not a T-ring, provided R is not completely reducible.
Reviewer: T.Kepka

### MSC:

 16E50 von Neumann regular rings and generalizations (associative algebraic aspects) 16Exx Homological methods in associative algebras 16S20 Centralizing and normalizing extensions 16S90 Torsion theories; radicals on module categories (associative algebraic aspects)
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