Hello!!
We have that $R$ is a commutative ring.
Suppose that $0\rightarrow A\rightarrow B\overset{f}{\rightarrow} C\rightarrow 0$ and $0\rightarrow C\overset{g}\rightarrow D\rightarrow E\rightarrow 0$ are exact sequences.
Then $0\rightarrow A\rightarrow B\overset{gf}{\rightarrow} D\rightarrow E\rightarrow 0$ is also exact.
I want to show that each exact sequence can be arised by short exact sequences as above.
Can we show that by induction?