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Reflexivity of modules

Adrián Gordillo-Merino, José Navarro, Pedro Sancho

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We consider $\,R-$modules as functors in the following way: if $\,M\,$ is a (left) $R$-module, let $\,\mathcal M\,$ be the functor of $\,\mathcal R-$modules defined by $\,\mathcal M(S) := S \otimes_R M\,$ for every $\,R-$algebra $\,S$. With the corresponding notion of dual functor, we prove that the natural morphism of functors $\,\mathcal M\to \mathcal M^{**}\,$ is an isomorphism.

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We consider $\,R-$modules as functors in the following way: if $\,M\,$ is a (left) $R$-module, let $\,\mathcal M\,$ be the functor of $\,\mathcal R-$modules defined by $\,\mathcal M(S) := S \otimes_R M\,$ for every $\,R-$algebra $\,S$. With the corresponding notion of dual functor, we prove that the natural morphism of functors $\,\mathcal M\to \mathcal M^{**}\,$ is an isomorphism.

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We consider $\,R-$modules as functors in the following way: if $\,M\,$ is a (left) $R$-module, let $\,\mathcal M\,$ be the functor of $\,\mathcal R-$modules defined by $\,\mathcal M(S) := S \otimes_R M\,$ for every $\,R-$algebra $\,S$. With the corresponding notion of dual functor, we prove that the natural morphism of functors $\,\mathcal M\to \mathcal M^{**}\,$ is an isomorphism.

Key concepts: Functor, Morphism, Natural transformation, Mathematics, Isomorphism (crystallography), Pure mathematics, Dual (grammatical number), Functor category

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