On classes of C3 and D3 modules

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the notions of $\mathcal{A}$-C3 and $\mathcal{A}$-D3 modules for some class $\mathcal{A}$ of right modules. Several characterizations of these modules are provided and used to describe some well-known classes of rings and modules. For example, a regular right $R$-module $F$ is a $V$-module if and only if every $F$-cyclic module $M$ is an $\mathcal{A}$-C3 module where $\mathcal{A}$ is the class of all simple submodules of $M$. Moreover, let $R$ be a right artinian ring and $\mathcal{A}$, a class of right $R$-modules with local endomorphisms, containing all simple right $R$-modules and closed under isomorphisms. If all right $R$-modules are $\mathcal{A}$-injective, then $R$ is a serial artinian ring with $J^{2}(R)=0$ if and only if every $\mathcal{A}$-C3 right $R$-module is quasi-injective, if and only if every $\mathcal{A}$-C3 right $R$-module is C3.