Let (R,m, k) be a noetherian local ring. It is well-known that R is regular if and only if the injective dimension of k is finite. In this paper it is shown that R is Gorenstein if and only if the Gorenstein injective dimension of k is finite. On the other hand a generalized version of the so-called Bass formula is proved for finitely generated modules of finite Gorenstein injective dimension. ...

In the present paper new criteria for classes of FP -injective and weakly quasi-Frobenius rings are given. Properties of both classes of rings are closely linked with embedding of finitely presented modules in fp-flat and free modules respectively. Using these properties, we describe classes of coherent CF and FGF-rings. Moreover, it is proved that the group ring R(G) is FP -injective (resp. we...

A right R-module M is called a generalized q.f.d. module if every M-singular quotient has finitely generated socle. In this note we give several characterizations to this class of modules by means of weak injectivity, tightness, and weak tightness that generalizes the results in [25], Theorem 3. In particular, it is shown that a module M is g.q.f.d. iff every direct sum of M -singular M -inject...