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Research paper thumbnail of Pacific Journal of Mathematics COTILTING MODULES AND BIMODULES

Cotilting modules and bimodules over arbitrary associative rings are studied. On the one hand we ... more Cotilting modules and bimodules over arbitrary associative rings are studied. On the one hand we find a connection between reflexive modules with respect to a cotilting (bi)module U and a notion of U-torsionless linear compactness. On the other hand we provide concrete examples of cotilting bimodules over linearly compact noetherian serial rings.

Research paper thumbnail of A Note on Cotilting Modules and Generalized Morita Duality

Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitiled rings

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 2007

D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that... more D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that are the endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary abelian categories whose Hom and Ext groups are all finitely generated over a commutative artinian ring K. Here, employing a notion of * -objects, tilting objects in arbitrary abelian categories are defined and are shown to yield a version of the classical tilting theorem between the category and the category of modules over their endomorphism rings. This leads to a module theoretic notion of quasitilted rings and their characterization as endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary cocomplete abelian categories.

Research paper thumbnail of Cotorsion pairs, torsion pairs, and S -pure-injective cotilting modules

J Pure Appl Alg, 2010

In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the exi... more In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the existence of a strong relationship between the ΣΣ-pure-injectivity of the cotilting module and the property of the induced cotorsion pair to be of finite type. In particular for cotilting modules of injective dimension at most 1, or for noetherian rings, the two notions are equivalent. On the other hand we prove that a torsion pair is cogenerated by a ΣΣ-pure-injective cotilting module if and only if its heart is a locally noetherian Grothendieck category. Moreover we prove that any ring admitting a ΣΣ-pure-injective cotilting module of injective dimension at most 1 is necessarily coherent. Finally, for noetherian rings, we characterize cotilting torsion pairs induced by ΣΣ-pure-injective cotilting modules.

Research paper thumbnail of When an abelian category with a tilting object is equivalent to a module category

An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a... more An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a module category \cite{Mit}. A tilting object in a abelian category is a natural generalization of a small projective generator. Moreover, any abelian category with a tilting object admits arbitrary coproducts \cite{CGM}. It naturally arises the question when an abelian category with a tilting object is equivalent to a module category. By \cite{CGM} the problem simplifies in understanding when, given an associative ring RRR and a faithful torsion pair (X,Y)(\X,\Y)(X,Y) in the category of right RRR-modules, the \emph{heart of the ttt-structure} H(X,Y)\H(\X,\Y)H(X,Y) associated to (X,Y)(\X,\Y)(X,Y) is equivalent to a category of modules. In this paper we give a complete answer to this question, proving necessary and sufficient condition on (X,Y)(\X,\Y)(X,Y) for H(X,Y)\H(\X,\Y)H(X,Y) to be equivalent to a module category. We analyze in detail the case when RRR is right artinian.

Research paper thumbnail of Equivalences represented by faithful non-tilting <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">ast</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6151em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span></span></span></span>-modules

Research paper thumbnail of On tilted Giraud subcategories

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2015

Firstly we provide a technique to move torsion pairs in abelian categories via adjoint functors a... more Firstly we provide a technique to move torsion pairs in abelian categories via adjoint functors and in particular through Giraud subcategories. We apply this point in order to develop a correspondence between Giraud subcategories of an abelian category C and those of its tilt H(C) i.e., the heart of a t-structure on D b (C) induced by a torsion pair.

Research paper thumbnail of Cotilting modules and bimodules

Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Cotilting dualities

Handbook of Tilting Theory, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Cotorsion pairs, torsion pairs, and -pure-injective cotilting modules

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2010

In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the exi... more In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the existence of a strong relationship between the Σ-pure injectivity of the cotilting module and the property of the induced cotorsion pair to be of finite type. In particular for cotilting modules of injective dimension at most 1, or for noetherian rings, the two notions are equivalent. On the other hand we prove that a torsion pair is cogenerated by a Σ-pure injective cotilting module if and only if its heart is a locally noetherian Grothendieck category. Moreover we prove that any ring admitting a Σ-pure injective cotilting module of injective dimension at most 1 is necessarily coherent. Finally, for noetherian rings, we characterize cotilting torsion pairs induced by Σ-pure injective cotilting modules.

Research paper thumbnail of Perpendicular categories of infinite dimensional partial tilting modules and transfers of tilting torsion classes

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2007

Let R be a ring and P be an (infinite dimensional) partial tilting module. We show that the perpe... more Let R be a ring and P be an (infinite dimensional) partial tilting module. We show that the perpendicular category of P is equivalent to the full module category Mod-S where S = End( R) and R is the Bongartz complement of P modulo its P-trace. Moreover, there is a ring epimorphism ϕ : R → S. We characterize the case when ϕ is a perfect localization. By [Riccardo Colpi, Alberto Tonolo, Jan Trlifaj, Partial cotilting modules and the lattices induced by them, Comm. Algebra 25 (10) (1997) 3225-3237], there exist mutually inverse isomorphisms µ and ν between the interval [GenP, P ⊥ 1 ] in the lattice of torsion classes in Mod-R, and the lattice of all torsion classes in Mod-S. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for µ and ν to preserve tilting torsion classes. As a consequence, we show that these conditions are always satisfied when R is a Dedekind domain, and if P is finitely presented and R is an artin algebra, then the conditions reduce to the trivial ones, namely that each value of µ and ν contains all injectives.

Research paper thumbnail of When the heart of a faithful torsion pair is a module category

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2011

An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a... more An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a module category [17]). A tilting object in an abelian category is a natural generalization of a small projective generator. Moreover, any abelian category with a tilting object admits arbitrary coproducts (Colpi et al. ). It naturally arises the question when an abelian category with a tilting object is equivalent to a module category. By [8], the problem simplifies in understanding when, given an associative ring R and a faithful torsion pair (X, Y) in the category of right R-modules, the heart H (X, Y) of the t-structure associated with (X, Y) is equivalent to a category of modules. In this paper, we give a complete answer to this question, proving necessary and sufficient conditions on (X, Y) for H (X, Y) to be equivalent to a module category. We analyze in detail the case when R is right artinian.

Research paper thumbnail of Quasi-Tilting Modules and Counter Equivalences

Journal of Algebra, 1997

Given two rings R and S, we study the category equivalences T T ¡ Y Y, where T T is a torsion cla... more Given two rings R and S, we study the category equivalences T T ¡ Y Y, where T T is a torsion class of R-modules and Y Y is a torsion-free class of S-modules. These Ž . equivalences correspond to quasi-tilting triples R, V, S , where V is a bimodule R S which has, ''locally,'' a tilting behavior. Comparing this setting with tilting bimodules and, more generally, with the torsion theory counter equivalences introduced by Colby and Fuller, we prove a local version of the Tilting Theorem for quasi-tilting triples. A whole section is devoted to examples in case of algebras over a field.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Heart of a faithful torsion theory

Journal of Algebra, 2007

In [R. Colpi, K.R. Fuller, Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitilted rings, Trans. Am... more In [R. Colpi, K.R. Fuller, Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitilted rings, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., in press] tilting objects in an arbitrary abelian category H are introduced and are shown to yield a version of the classical tilting theorem between H and the category of modules over their endomorphism rings. Moreover, it is shown that given any faithful torsion theory (X , Y) in Mod-R, for a ring R, the corresponding Heart H(X , Y) is an abelian category admitting a tilting object which yields a tilting theorem between the Heart and Mod-R. In this paper we first prove that H(X , Y) is a prototype for any abelian category H admitting a tilting object which tilts to (X , Y) in Mod-R. Then we study AB-type properties of the Heart and commutations with direct limits. This allows us to show, for instance, that any abelian category H with a tilting object is AB4, and to find necessary and sufficient conditions which guarantee that H is a Grothendieck or even a module category. As particular situations, we examine two main cases: when (X , Y) is hereditary cotilting, proving that H(X , Y) is Grothendieck and when (X , Y) is tilting, proving that H(X , Y) is a module category.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Structure of ∗-Modules

Research paper thumbnail of Partial cotilting modules and the lattices induced by them

Communications in Algebra, 1997

We study a duality between (infinitely generated) cotilting and tilting modules over an arbitrary... more We study a duality between (infinitely generated) cotilting and tilting modules over an arbitrary ring. Dualizing a result of Bongartz, we show that a module P is partial cotilting iff P is a direct summand of a cotilting module C such that the left Ext-orthogonal class ⊥P coincides with ⊥C. As an application, we characterize all cotilting torsion-free classes. Each partial cotilting module P defines a lattice L = [Cogen P1P] of torsion-free classes. Similarly, each partial tilting module P′ defines a lattice L′ = [[Gen P′,P′⊥]] of torsion classes. Generalizing a result of Assem and Kerner, we show that the elements of L are determined by their Rejp-torsion parts, and the elements of L′ by their Trp-torsion-free parts.

Research paper thumbnail of The basic ring of a locally artinian commutative grothendieck category

Communications in Algebra, 1991

... THE BASIC RING OF A LOCALLY ARTINIAN COMMUTATIVE GROTHENDIECK CATEGORY RICCARDO COLPI, ENRICO... more ... THE BASIC RING OF A LOCALLY ARTINIAN COMMUTATIVE GROTHENDIECK CATEGORY RICCARDO COLPI, ENRICO GREGORIO AND ADALBERTO ORSATTI ... XL, Mem. Mat. (5) 8 (1984), 143-184. [F] KR Fuller, Density and equivalence, J . Algebra 29 (1974), 528-550. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Classes of generalized ∗-modules

Communications in Algebra, 1994

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of A class of quasitilted rings that are not tilted

Colloquium Mathematicum, 2006

Page 1. COLLOQUIUM MATHEMATICUM VOL. 104 2006 NO. 1 A CLASS OF QUASITILTED RINGS THAT ARE NOT TIL... more Page 1. COLLOQUIUM MATHEMATICUM VOL. 104 2006 NO. 1 A CLASS OF QUASITILTED RINGS THAT ARE NOT TILTED BY RICCARDO COLPI (Padova), KENT R. FULLER (Iowa City, IA) and ENRICO GREGORIO (Verona) Abstract. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitilted rings

TRANSACTIONS-AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL …, 2007

D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that... more D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that are the endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary abelian categories whose Hom and Ext groups are all finitely generated over a commutative artinian ring K. Here, employing a notion of * -objects, tilting objects in arbitrary abelian categories are defined and are shown to yield a version of the classical tilting theorem between the category and the category of modules over their endomorphism rings. This leads to a module theoretic notion of quasitilted rings and their characterization as endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary cocomplete abelian categories.

Research paper thumbnail of Pacific Journal of Mathematics COTILTING MODULES AND BIMODULES

Cotilting modules and bimodules over arbitrary associative rings are studied. On the one hand we ... more Cotilting modules and bimodules over arbitrary associative rings are studied. On the one hand we find a connection between reflexive modules with respect to a cotilting (bi)module U and a notion of U-torsionless linear compactness. On the other hand we provide concrete examples of cotilting bimodules over linearly compact noetherian serial rings.

Research paper thumbnail of A Note on Cotilting Modules and Generalized Morita Duality

Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitiled rings

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 2007

D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that... more D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that are the endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary abelian categories whose Hom and Ext groups are all finitely generated over a commutative artinian ring K. Here, employing a notion of * -objects, tilting objects in arbitrary abelian categories are defined and are shown to yield a version of the classical tilting theorem between the category and the category of modules over their endomorphism rings. This leads to a module theoretic notion of quasitilted rings and their characterization as endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary cocomplete abelian categories.

Research paper thumbnail of Cotorsion pairs, torsion pairs, and S -pure-injective cotilting modules

J Pure Appl Alg, 2010

In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the exi... more In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the existence of a strong relationship between the ΣΣ-pure-injectivity of the cotilting module and the property of the induced cotorsion pair to be of finite type. In particular for cotilting modules of injective dimension at most 1, or for noetherian rings, the two notions are equivalent. On the other hand we prove that a torsion pair is cogenerated by a ΣΣ-pure-injective cotilting module if and only if its heart is a locally noetherian Grothendieck category. Moreover we prove that any ring admitting a ΣΣ-pure-injective cotilting module of injective dimension at most 1 is necessarily coherent. Finally, for noetherian rings, we characterize cotilting torsion pairs induced by ΣΣ-pure-injective cotilting modules.

Research paper thumbnail of When an abelian category with a tilting object is equivalent to a module category

An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a... more An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a module category \cite{Mit}. A tilting object in a abelian category is a natural generalization of a small projective generator. Moreover, any abelian category with a tilting object admits arbitrary coproducts \cite{CGM}. It naturally arises the question when an abelian category with a tilting object is equivalent to a module category. By \cite{CGM} the problem simplifies in understanding when, given an associative ring RRR and a faithful torsion pair (X,Y)(\X,\Y)(X,Y) in the category of right RRR-modules, the \emph{heart of the ttt-structure} H(X,Y)\H(\X,\Y)H(X,Y) associated to (X,Y)(\X,\Y)(X,Y) is equivalent to a category of modules. In this paper we give a complete answer to this question, proving necessary and sufficient condition on (X,Y)(\X,\Y)(X,Y) for H(X,Y)\H(\X,\Y)H(X,Y) to be equivalent to a module category. We analyze in detail the case when RRR is right artinian.

Research paper thumbnail of Equivalences represented by faithful non-tilting <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>s</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">ast</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6151em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span></span></span></span>-modules

Research paper thumbnail of On tilted Giraud subcategories

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2015

Firstly we provide a technique to move torsion pairs in abelian categories via adjoint functors a... more Firstly we provide a technique to move torsion pairs in abelian categories via adjoint functors and in particular through Giraud subcategories. We apply this point in order to develop a correspondence between Giraud subcategories of an abelian category C and those of its tilt H(C) i.e., the heart of a t-structure on D b (C) induced by a torsion pair.

Research paper thumbnail of Cotilting modules and bimodules

Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Cotilting dualities

Handbook of Tilting Theory, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Cotorsion pairs, torsion pairs, and -pure-injective cotilting modules

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2010

In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the exi... more In this paper we study cotorsion and torsion pairs induced by cotilting modules. We prove the existence of a strong relationship between the Σ-pure injectivity of the cotilting module and the property of the induced cotorsion pair to be of finite type. In particular for cotilting modules of injective dimension at most 1, or for noetherian rings, the two notions are equivalent. On the other hand we prove that a torsion pair is cogenerated by a Σ-pure injective cotilting module if and only if its heart is a locally noetherian Grothendieck category. Moreover we prove that any ring admitting a Σ-pure injective cotilting module of injective dimension at most 1 is necessarily coherent. Finally, for noetherian rings, we characterize cotilting torsion pairs induced by Σ-pure injective cotilting modules.

Research paper thumbnail of Perpendicular categories of infinite dimensional partial tilting modules and transfers of tilting torsion classes

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2007

Let R be a ring and P be an (infinite dimensional) partial tilting module. We show that the perpe... more Let R be a ring and P be an (infinite dimensional) partial tilting module. We show that the perpendicular category of P is equivalent to the full module category Mod-S where S = End( R) and R is the Bongartz complement of P modulo its P-trace. Moreover, there is a ring epimorphism ϕ : R → S. We characterize the case when ϕ is a perfect localization. By [Riccardo Colpi, Alberto Tonolo, Jan Trlifaj, Partial cotilting modules and the lattices induced by them, Comm. Algebra 25 (10) (1997) 3225-3237], there exist mutually inverse isomorphisms µ and ν between the interval [GenP, P ⊥ 1 ] in the lattice of torsion classes in Mod-R, and the lattice of all torsion classes in Mod-S. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for µ and ν to preserve tilting torsion classes. As a consequence, we show that these conditions are always satisfied when R is a Dedekind domain, and if P is finitely presented and R is an artin algebra, then the conditions reduce to the trivial ones, namely that each value of µ and ν contains all injectives.

Research paper thumbnail of When the heart of a faithful torsion pair is a module category

Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2011

An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a... more An abelian category with arbitrary coproducts and a small projective generator is equivalent to a module category [17]). A tilting object in an abelian category is a natural generalization of a small projective generator. Moreover, any abelian category with a tilting object admits arbitrary coproducts (Colpi et al. ). It naturally arises the question when an abelian category with a tilting object is equivalent to a module category. By [8], the problem simplifies in understanding when, given an associative ring R and a faithful torsion pair (X, Y) in the category of right R-modules, the heart H (X, Y) of the t-structure associated with (X, Y) is equivalent to a category of modules. In this paper, we give a complete answer to this question, proving necessary and sufficient conditions on (X, Y) for H (X, Y) to be equivalent to a module category. We analyze in detail the case when R is right artinian.

Research paper thumbnail of Quasi-Tilting Modules and Counter Equivalences

Journal of Algebra, 1997

Given two rings R and S, we study the category equivalences T T ¡ Y Y, where T T is a torsion cla... more Given two rings R and S, we study the category equivalences T T ¡ Y Y, where T T is a torsion class of R-modules and Y Y is a torsion-free class of S-modules. These Ž . equivalences correspond to quasi-tilting triples R, V, S , where V is a bimodule R S which has, ''locally,'' a tilting behavior. Comparing this setting with tilting bimodules and, more generally, with the torsion theory counter equivalences introduced by Colby and Fuller, we prove a local version of the Tilting Theorem for quasi-tilting triples. A whole section is devoted to examples in case of algebras over a field.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Heart of a faithful torsion theory

Journal of Algebra, 2007

In [R. Colpi, K.R. Fuller, Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitilted rings, Trans. Am... more In [R. Colpi, K.R. Fuller, Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitilted rings, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., in press] tilting objects in an arbitrary abelian category H are introduced and are shown to yield a version of the classical tilting theorem between H and the category of modules over their endomorphism rings. Moreover, it is shown that given any faithful torsion theory (X , Y) in Mod-R, for a ring R, the corresponding Heart H(X , Y) is an abelian category admitting a tilting object which yields a tilting theorem between the Heart and Mod-R. In this paper we first prove that H(X , Y) is a prototype for any abelian category H admitting a tilting object which tilts to (X , Y) in Mod-R. Then we study AB-type properties of the Heart and commutations with direct limits. This allows us to show, for instance, that any abelian category H with a tilting object is AB4, and to find necessary and sufficient conditions which guarantee that H is a Grothendieck or even a module category. As particular situations, we examine two main cases: when (X , Y) is hereditary cotilting, proving that H(X , Y) is Grothendieck and when (X , Y) is tilting, proving that H(X , Y) is a module category.

Research paper thumbnail of On the Structure of ∗-Modules

Research paper thumbnail of Partial cotilting modules and the lattices induced by them

Communications in Algebra, 1997

We study a duality between (infinitely generated) cotilting and tilting modules over an arbitrary... more We study a duality between (infinitely generated) cotilting and tilting modules over an arbitrary ring. Dualizing a result of Bongartz, we show that a module P is partial cotilting iff P is a direct summand of a cotilting module C such that the left Ext-orthogonal class ⊥P coincides with ⊥C. As an application, we characterize all cotilting torsion-free classes. Each partial cotilting module P defines a lattice L = [Cogen P1P] of torsion-free classes. Similarly, each partial tilting module P′ defines a lattice L′ = [[Gen P′,P′⊥]] of torsion classes. Generalizing a result of Assem and Kerner, we show that the elements of L are determined by their Rejp-torsion parts, and the elements of L′ by their Trp-torsion-free parts.

Research paper thumbnail of The basic ring of a locally artinian commutative grothendieck category

Communications in Algebra, 1991

... THE BASIC RING OF A LOCALLY ARTINIAN COMMUTATIVE GROTHENDIECK CATEGORY RICCARDO COLPI, ENRICO... more ... THE BASIC RING OF A LOCALLY ARTINIAN COMMUTATIVE GROTHENDIECK CATEGORY RICCARDO COLPI, ENRICO GREGORIO AND ADALBERTO ORSATTI ... XL, Mem. Mat. (5) 8 (1984), 143-184. [F] KR Fuller, Density and equivalence, J . Algebra 29 (1974), 528-550. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Classes of generalized ∗-modules

Communications in Algebra, 1994

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of A class of quasitilted rings that are not tilted

Colloquium Mathematicum, 2006

Page 1. COLLOQUIUM MATHEMATICUM VOL. 104 2006 NO. 1 A CLASS OF QUASITILTED RINGS THAT ARE NOT TIL... more Page 1. COLLOQUIUM MATHEMATICUM VOL. 104 2006 NO. 1 A CLASS OF QUASITILTED RINGS THAT ARE NOT TILTED BY RICCARDO COLPI (Padova), KENT R. FULLER (Iowa City, IA) and ENRICO GREGORIO (Verona) Abstract. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Tilting objects in abelian categories and quasitilted rings

TRANSACTIONS-AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL …, 2007

D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that... more D. Happel, I. Reiten and S. Smalø initiated an investigation of quasitilted artin K-algebras that are the endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary abelian categories whose Hom and Ext groups are all finitely generated over a commutative artinian ring K. Here, employing a notion of * -objects, tilting objects in arbitrary abelian categories are defined and are shown to yield a version of the classical tilting theorem between the category and the category of modules over their endomorphism rings. This leads to a module theoretic notion of quasitilted rings and their characterization as endomorphism rings of tilting objects in hereditary cocomplete abelian categories.