The category of modules on an n-trivial extension: the basic properties

Abstract: In this paper we investigate a categorical aspect of $n$-trivial extension of a ring by a family of modules. Namely, we introduce the right (resp., left) $n$-trivial extension of a category by a family of endofunctors. Among other results, projective, injective and flat objects of this category are characterized. We end the paper with two applications. We characterize when an $n$-trivial extension ring is $k$-perfect and we establish a result on the selfinjective dimension of an $n$-trivial extension ring.