Zero finitely generated modules #
A finitely generated module with subsingleton carrier is a zero object of the category of finitely generated modules. This criterion supplies the zero components of finite-projective matrix factorizations.
theorem
FGModuleCat.isZero_of_subsingleton
{R : Type u}
[Ring R]
(M : FGModuleCat R)
(hM : Subsingleton ↑M)
:
A finitely generated module with subsingleton carrier is a zero object.
The zero module gives a zero object among finitely generated modules over any ring.