Let R be a commutative ring with identity and M be a unitary R-module. Let : S(M) −! S(M) [ {;} be a function, where S(M) is the set of submodules ofM. Suppose n 2 is a positive integer. A proper submodule P of M is called(n − 1, n) − -prime, if whenever a1, . . . , an−1 2 R and x 2 M and a1 . . . an−1x 2P(P), then there exists i 2 {1, . . . , n − 1} such that a1 . . . ai−1ai+1 . . . an−1x 2 P...

A submodule [Formula: see text] of is summand absorbing, if implies for any text]. Such submodules often appear in modules over (additively) idempotent semirings, particularly tropical algebra. This paper studies amalgamation and extensions these submodules, more generally upper bound modules.

Let $ m , n in mathbb{N}$, $D$ be a division ring, and $M_{m times n}(D)$ denote the bimodule of all $m times n$ matrices with entries from $D$. First, we characterize one-sided submodules of $M_{m times n}(D)$ in terms of left row reduced echelon or right column reduced echelon matrices with entries from $D$. Next, we introduce the notion of a nest module of matrices with entries from $D$. We ...