On Beta-Prime Submodules

Abstract

We introduce the concepts of $\beta$-prime submodules and weakly $\beta$-prime submodules of unital left modules over a commutative ring with nonzero identity. Some properties of these concepts are investigated. We use the notion of the product of two submodules to characterize $\beta$-prime submodules of a multiplication module. Characterization of $\beta$-prime and weakly $\beta$-prime submodules of arbitary modules are also given.