ABSTRACT
An abstract class of R-Mod is termed Additive Class if it is closed under taking submodules, homomorphic images and finite direct sums. In this paper we study the lattice properties of R-ad, the big lattice of all additive classes in R-mod for R any ring. Also, we study the lattice properties of R-ad when R is a Noetherian or semisimple ring. We describe a characterization of some rings through the additive classes and their properties. We study some properties of additive classes related with the associated linear filters.
Acknowledgments
The second author is supported by a scholarship from CONACyT Mexico. The authors wish to thank the referee for the useful suggestions on the writing of this paper.