In this paper, we associate a new topology to a nonzero unital module $M$ over a commutative $R$, which is called Golomb topology of the $R$-module $M$. Let $M\ $be an\ $R$-module and $B_{ M}$ be the family of coprime cosets $\{ m+N\}$ where $m\in M$ and $N\ $is a nonzero submodule of $M\ $such that $N+Rm=M$. We prove that if $M\ $is a meet irreducible multiplication module or $M\ $is a meet irreducible finitely generated module in which every maximal submodule is strongly irreducible, then $B_{ M}\ $is the basis for a topology on $M\ $which is denoted by $\widetilde{ G(M)}.$ In particular, the subspace topology on $M-\{ 0\}$ is called the Golomb topology of the $R$-module $M\ $and denoted by $G(M)$. We investigate the relations between topological properties of $G(M)\ $and algebraic properties of $M.\ $In particular, we characterize some important classes of modules such as simple modules, Jacobson semisimple modules in terms of Golomb topology.
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