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Cyclic module

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A cyclic module (or more specifically, a cyclic left R-module over a ring R) is a module that is generated by a single element—the analogue of a cyclic group for modules.

In a left R-module M, the cyclic submodule generated by an element \alpha is often denoted \langle \alpha \rangle.

Every cyclic left R-module is isomorphic to a quotient module of the left-regular module over R (that is, a quotient module of R as a left R-module).

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