Set-theoretic methods in module theory

A class of modules is called deconstructible if it coincides with the class of all S-filtered modules for some set of modules S. Such classes provide a convenient setting for construction of approximations. We prove that for any deconstructible class C the class of all modules possessing a C-resolution is deconstructible and the same holds for the classes of mod ules with bounded C-resolution dimension. Furthermore, we study the lo cally F-free modules; a sufficient condition on the class F is given for the class of all locally F-free modules to be closed under transfinite exten sions. This enables us to show that there are many non-trivial examples of non-deconstructible classes, generalizing the recent result of D. Herbera and J. Trlifaj concerning the non-deconstructibility of the class of all flat Mittag-Leffler modules over a non-right perfect ring