specified, all modules are left, unital modules. A torsionclass of modules is a non-void class closed under homomorphic images, extensions and direct sums. A torsionclass which is also closed under submodules is called hereditary. …
Characterizations are obtained of rings R such that the only torsion classes (respectively, hereditary torsion classes) of left unital R-modules are {0} and the class of all modules.