A Compact Monothetic Semitopological Semigroup Whose Set of Idempotents Is Not Closed

For each monothetic unitary group without proper co-compact subgroups, we show the existence of a compact semitopological semigroup (affine) compactification in which the set of idempotents is not closed answering a question of Berglund.     

Manifolds of frames of projectors

Projector n-frames, i.e. decompositions of 1 into n commuting idempotents on a Banach space, are regarded as points of a Banach manifold equipped with a naturally motivated affine connection. Connectibility with continuous and geodesic arcs is investigated. Counterexamples indicate why the cases n ? 3 are not merely extensions of the case n = 2.     

Segments of bounded linear idempotents on a Hilbert space

Let H be a separable Hilbert space. We prove that any two homotopic idempotents in the algebra L(H) may be connected by a piecewise affine idempotent-valued path consisting of 4 segments at most. Moreover, we show that this constant is optimal provided H has infinite dimension. We also explain how this result is linked to the problem of finding common complements for two closed subspaces of H.     

Idempotents in $$F_+(G)$$F+(G)

In this paper, we compute the idempotents of the ring $$F_+(G)$$ as defined by Boltje (J Algebra 206:293–343, 1998) in the particular case when the Green biset functor F is such that for all subgroups H of a finite group G, F(H) is a torsion-free ring, finitely-generated as an Abelian group, and has only the trivial idempotents. In this case, the only idempotents in $$F_+(G)$$ are those arising from the Burnside ring B(G).     

Characterizations and representations of the group inverse involving idempotents

This paper is to present some results on the group invertibility of products and differences of idempotents. In addition, some formulae for the group inverse of sums, differences and products of idempotents are established by using some given idempotents.     

Primitive Idempotents of Schur Rings

In this paper, we explore the nature of central idempotents of Schur rings over finite groups. We introduce the concept of a lattice Schur ring and explore properties of these kinds of Schur rings. In particular, the primitive, central idempotents of lattice Schur rings are completely determined. For a general Schur ring S, S contains a maximal lattice Schur ring, whose central, primitive idempotents form a system of pairwise orthogonal, central idempotents in S. We show that if S is a Schur ring with rational coefficients over a cyclic group, then these idempotents are always primitive and are spanned by the normal subgroups contained in S. Furthermore, a Wedderburn decomposition of Schur rings over cyclic groups is given. Some examples of Schur rings over non-cyclic groups will also be explored.     

Various Forms of Generating Subsemigroups in Algebraic Monoids

Let M be an irreducible affine algebraic monoid over an algebraically closed field, G its unit group, and E(M) the set of idempotents of M. We study various forms of subsemigroup generating in affine algebraic monoids and relevant generating problems with kernel data. We determine the structure of minimal irreducible algebraic submonoids containing the kernel, in particular, of M = G ∪ ker(M). We also prove that M with a dense unit group is regular if and only if M = ? E(M), G ? and ? E(M) ? is regular.     

Idempotents in the Endomorphism Ring of an Ideal in a p-Extension of a Complete, Discrete Valuation Field with Residue Field of Characteristic p as a Galois Module

In this paper, the question concerning the existence of nontrivial idempotents in the endomorphism ring of an ideal in a p-extension of a complete discrete valuation field with residue field of characteristic p > 2 as a Galois module is considered. The nonexistence of nontrivial central idempotents for a non-Abelian totally widely ramified extension is proved. Bibliography: 4 titles.     

On decomposing any matrix as a linear combination of three idempotents

In a recent article, we gave a full characterization of matrices that can be decomposed as linear combinations of two idempotents with prescribed coefficients. In this one, we use those results to improve on a recent theorem of Rabanovich: we establish that every square matrix is a linear combination of three idempotents (for an arbitrary coefficient field rather than just one of characteristic 0).     

Representation theory of the higher-order peak algebras

The representation theory (idempotents, quivers, Cartan invariants, and Loewy series) of the higher-order unital peak algebras is investigated. On the way, we obtain new interpretations and generating functions for the idempotents of descent algebras introduced in Saliola (J. Algebra 320:3866, 2008).     

On a Problem of M. Kambites Regarding Abundant Semigroups

A semigroup is regular if it contains at least one idempotent in each ?-class and in each ?-class. A regular semigroup is inverse if it satisfies either of the following equivalent conditions: (i) there is a unique idempotent in each ?-class and in each ?-class, or (ii) the idempotents commute. Analogously, a semigroup is abundant if it contains at least one idempotent in each ?*-class and in each ?*-class. An abundant semigroup is adequate if its idempotents commute. In adequate semigroups, there is a unique idempotent in each ?* and ?*-class. M. Kambites raised the question of the converse: in a finite abundant semigroup such that there is a unique idempotent in each ?* and ?*-class, must the idempotents commute? In this note, we provide a negative answer to this question.     

On loewy lengths of projective modules for p-solvable groups

We give an example of the nonregular ring every one-sided ideal of which is generated by idempotents, It is also proved that if each right ideal of a ring R is generated by idempotents and each primitive factor ring of a ring R has a bounded index of nilpotency then R is regular.     

具有弱中间幂等元的正则半群

本文在正则半群上引入弱中间幂等元和拟中间幂等元,着重探讨了这两类幂等元的性质特征.构造了若干具有弱(拟)中间幂等元的正则半群,确定了弱中间幂等元和拟中间幂等元之间的关系,给出了弱中间幂等元和拟中间幂等元各自的等价判定,利用拟中间幂等元刻画了纯正半群.最后,得到了构造具有拟中间幂等元的正则半群的一般途径,并在此基础上进一步给出了判定正则半群是否具有乘逆断面的方法.     

Idempotents in the Universal Compactification of a Cone

Let U be the universal (or Bohr) compactification of a real finite-dimensional cone. M. Friedberg established an isomorphism between the idempotents of U and the faces of the cone dual to K. This isomorphism is utilized to investigate the generators of the semigroup of idempotents.AMS Subject Classification (1991): 22A15 20M14 52A20     

关于幂等元之差的可逆性

本文研究在一个有单位元的环中两个幂等元之差的可逆性问题,利用幂等元的性质,得到了两个幂等元之差可逆的几个充分必要条件,并给出了在矩阵环中的几个应用.     

斜幂级数环的主拟Baer性

设R是环,并且R的左半中心幂等元都是中心幂等元, α是R的一个弱刚性自同态. 本文证明了斜幂级数环R[[x,α]]是右主拟Baer环当且仅当R是右主拟Baer环,并且R的任意可数幂等元集在I(R)中有广义交,其中I(R)是R的幂等元集.     

On the idempotents,nilpotents, units and zero-divisors of finite rings

In this article, first we find the number of idempotents and the zero-divisors of a matrix ring over a finite field F. Next, given the order of the Jacobson radical of the finite unital ring R, we find the number of units, nilpotents and zero-divisors of R. Moreover, we find an upper bound for the number of idempotents of a finite ring which is in general smaller than the upper bound found by MacHale [Proc. R. Ir. 1982;82A(1):9–12]. Finally, we find the above-mentioned numbers in some matrix rings and quaternion rings.     

Rings with Lattices of Idempotents

The central idempotents of any ring with identity form a Boolean algebra. This result is largely extended for rings with generalized commuting idempotents.     

Explicit determination of certain minimal constabelian codes

Constabelian codes can be viewed as ideals in twisted group algebras over finite fields. In this paper we study decomposition of semisimple twisted group algebras of finite abelian groups and prove results regarding complete determination of a full set of primitive orthogonal idempotents in such algebras. We also explicitly determine complete sets of primitive orthogonal idempotents of twisted group algebras of finite cyclic and abelian p-groups. We also describe methods of determining complete set of primitive idempotents of abelian groups whose orders are divisible by more than one prime and give concrete (numerical) examples of minimal constabelian codes, illustrating the above mentioned results.     

Triangular Matrix Representations

In this paper we develop the theory of generalized triangular matrix representation in an abstract setting. This is accomplished by introducing the concept of a set of left triangulating idempotents. These idempotents determine a generalized triangular matrix representation for an algebra. The existence of a set of left triangulating idempotents does not depend on any specific conditions on the algebras; however, if the algebra satisfies a mild finiteness condition, then such a set can be refined to a “complete” set of left triangulating idempotents in which each “diagonal” subalgebra has no nontrivial generalized triangular matrix representation. We then apply our theory to obtain new results on generalized triangular matrix representations, including extensions of several well known results.