Indecomposable injective modules of finite Malcev rank over local commutative rings

Abstract

It is proven that each indecomposable injective module over a valuation domain $R$ is polyserial if and only if each maximal immediate extension $\widehat{R}$ of $R$ is of finite rank over the completion $\widetilde{R}$ of $R$ in the $R$-topology. In this case, for each indecomposable injective module $E$, the following invariants are finite and equal: its Malcev rank, its Fleischer rank and its dual Goldie dimension. Similar results are obtained for chain rings satisfying some additional properties. It is also shown that each indecomposable injective module over local Noetherian rings of Krull dimension one has finite Malcev rank. The preservation of the finiteness of Goldie dimension by localization is investigated too.