Paper 3, Section I, E

Groups, Rings and Modules
Part IB, 2017

Let RR be a commutative ring and let MM be an RR-module. Show that MM is a finitely generated RR-module if and only if there exists a surjective RR-module homomorphism RnMR^{n} \rightarrow M for some nn.

Find an example of a Z\mathbb{Z}-module MM such that there is no surjective Z\mathbb{Z}-module homomorphism ZM\mathbb{Z} \rightarrow M but there is a surjective Z\mathbb{Z}-module homomorphism Z2M\mathbb{Z}^{2} \rightarrow M which is not an isomorphism. Justify your answer.