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Mathlib.RingTheory.Regular.Free

Freeness of QuotSMulTop by a regular element #

Let M be a finitely presented module over a commutative ring R. If x is in the Jacobson radical of R and x is M-regular, then M/xM is free over R/(x) if and only if M is free over R.

theorem Module.free_quotSMulTop_iff_free (R : Type u_1) [CommRing R] (M : Type u_2) [AddCommGroup M] [Module R M] [FinitePresentation R M] {x : R} (mem : x .jacobson) (reg : IsSMulRegular M x) :