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==Definition==
==Definition==


The ''tensor product'' of two <math>R</math>-modules <math>M</math> and <math>M'</math>, denoted by <math>M\tensor_R M'</math>, is an <math>R-module</math> <math>T</math> satisfying the universal property  
The ''tensor product'' of two <math>R</math>-modules <math>M</math> and <math>M'</math>, denoted by <math>M\otimes_R M'</math>, is an <math>R-module</math> <math>T</math> satisfying the universal property


==Functoriality==
==Functoriality==

Revision as of 17:27, 9 December 2007

The tensor product is a bifunctor in the category of modules over a fixed ring . In the subcategory of algebras over , the tensor product is just the cofibered product over .

Definition

The tensor product of two -modules and , denoted by , is an satisfying the universal property

Functoriality

Tensor products in linear algebra