1. Introduction We deene the notion of a loop and use it to derive properties of non

We obtain new necessary conditions for an n-dimensional semialgebraic subset of R to be a polynomial image of R. Moreover, we prove that a large family of planar bidimensional semialgebraic sets with piecewise linear boundary are images of polynomial or regular maps, and we estimate in both cases the dimension of their generic fibers.

An R-module M is called epi-retractable if every submodule of MR is a homomorphic image of M. It is shown that if R is a right perfect ring, then every projective slightly compressible module MR is epi-retractable. If R is a Noetherian ring, then every epi-retractable right R-module has direct sum of uniform submodules. If endomorphism ring of a module MR is von-Neumann regular, then M is semi-...

an r-module m is called epi-retractable if every submodule of mr is a homomorphic image of m. it is shown that if r is a right perfect ring, then every projective slightly compressible module mr is epi-retractable. if r is a noetherian ring, then every epi-retractable right r-module has direct sum of uniform submodules. if endomorphism ring of a module mr is von-neumann regular, then m is semi-...