On Weakly Prime Submodules

Abstract

Let R be a commutative ring with unity and let M be a left R-module. We define a proper submodule N of M to be a weakly prime if whenever  r  R,  x  M, 0  r x  N implies  x  N  or  r  (N:M). In fact this concept is a generalization of the concept weakly  prime ideal, where a proper ideal P of R is called a weakly prime, if for all a, b  R, 0  a b  P implies a  P or b  P. Various properties of weakly prime submodules are considered.