On Differential Torsion Theories and Rings with Several Objects

Abstract

AbstractLet ${\mathcal{R}}$ be a small preadditive category, viewed as a “ring with several objects.” A right${\mathcal{R}}$-module is an additive functor from ${\mathcal{R}}^{\text{op}}$ to the category $Ab$ of abelian groups. We show that every hereditary torsion theory on the category $({\mathcal{R}}^{\text{op}},Ab)$ of right ${\mathcal{R}}$-modules must be differential.