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I am reading Paul E. Bland's book, "Rings and Their Modules".

I am focused on Section 4.2: Noetherian and Artinian Modules and need some help to fully understand the proof of part of Proposition 4.2.16 (Jordan-Holder) ... ...

Proposition 4.2.16 reads as follows:
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Near the middle of the above proof (top of page 116) we read the following:

"... ... If $$M_1 \neq N_1$$ then $$M_1 + N_1 = M$$ since $$N_1$$ is a maximal submodule of $$M$$. ... ... "

Can someone please explain exactly how $$N_1$$ being a maximal submodule of $$M$$ implies that $$M_1 + N_1 = M$$ ... ... ?

Peter
 
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Hi Peter,

Peter said:
Near the middle of the above proof (top of page 116) we read the following:

"... ... If $$M_1 \neq N_1$$ then $$M_1 + N_1 = M$$ since $$N_1$$ is a maximal submodule of $$M$$. ... ... "

Since $M_{1}\neq N_{1}$, $M_{1}+N_{1}$ is a submodule of $M$ containing the maximal submodule $N_{1}$ and so must be $M$.
 
GJA said:
Hi Peter,
Since $M_{1}\neq N_{1}$, $M_{1}+N_{1}$ is a submodule of $M$ containing the maximal submodule $N_{1}$ and so must be $M$.
Thanks for the help, GJA ...

Peter
 
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