Definition:Faithful Module
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Definition
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with unity.
Let $M$ be an $R$-module.
Then $M$ is faithful if and only if its annihilator is zero.
Note
A ring representation can be viewed as a module, so this definition generalizes that of a faithful representation.