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Zero module

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A zero module is a module with one element, whose group structure is that of the trivial group, and whose ring acts trivially upon it. Technically speaking, for any ring R there are infinitely many left zero modules, but they are trivially isomorphic, so by abuse of language we often refer to the zero module.

If R is a ring, then every zero module is an initial object and a terminal object in the category of left R-modules.

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