Abstract
We (re)introduce four ideal-related generalizations of classic module-theoretic notions: the ideal-superfluity, projective ideal-covers, the ideal-projectivity, and ideal-supplements. For a superfluous ideal I, the main theorem asserts the equivalence between the conditions: "I-supplements are direct summands in finitely generated projective modules"; "finitely generated I-projective modules are projective"; "projective modules with finitely generated factors modulo I are finitely generated"; "finitely generated flat modules with projective factors modulo I are projective." Moreover, we provide a property of the ideal I which is sufficient for the equivalence to hold true.
The property is expressed in terms of idempotent-lifting in matrix rings.