MHB Generating/spanning modules and submodules .... .... Blyth Theorem 2.3

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I am reading T. S. Blyth's book: Module Theory: An Approach to Linear Algebra ...

I am focused on Chapter 2: Submodules; intersections and sums ... and need help with the proof of Theorem 2.3 ...

Theorem 2.3 reads as follows:View attachment 8157In the above proof we read the following:

" ... ... A linear combination of elements of $$\bigcup_{ i \in I }$$ is precisely a sum of the form $$\sum_{ j \in J } m_j$$ for some $$J \in P(I).$$ ... ... "But ... Blyth defines a linear combination as in the text below ...https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/8158So ... given the above definition wouldn't a linear combination of elements of $$\bigcup_{ i \in I } M_i$$ be a sum of the form $$\sum_{ j \in J } \lambda_j m_j$$ ... and not just $$\sum_{ j \in J } m_j$$ ... ... ?
Hope someone can help ...

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Hint: if $m \in M$ and $M$ is a module, then also $\lambda m \in M$, for $\lambda \in R$.

Thus $\Sigma_{j \in J} \lambda_j m'_j = \Sigma_{j \in J} m_j $ for $m_j = \lambda_j m'_j \in M_j$

However, the set $S$ used above, is not a module ...
 
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