# Quasi-projective covers of right $S$-acts

Document Type: Research Paper

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Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran.

Abstract

In this paper $S$ is a monoid with a left zero and $A_S$ (or $A$) is a unitary right $S$-act. It is shown that a monoid $S$ is right perfect (semiperfect) if and only if every (finitely generated) strongly flat right $S$-act is quasi-projective. Also it is shown that if every right $S$-act has a unique zero element, then the existence of a quasi-projective cover for each right act implies that every right act has a projective cover. ‎

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