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``simplifying the definition'' by hermann on 2008-04-19 11:40:08
Properties 1 through 4 are just the propreties of an abelian group. Wouldn't it be simpler to say that a module is an abelian group (M,+) with a binary operation . : R x M -> M that satisfies properties 5 through 7?
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