Uppers to zero in intersections of prime ideals

Let R be a Noetherian integral domain. The structure of the partially-ordered set of prime ideals of R[z], the polynomial ring in one indeterminate over R, is not fully understood. I demonstrate that if p₁,…,p_n are prime ideals in R[x] with ht(p_i) > 2 and either n = 1 or R is not a Henselian local domain of dimension < 2, then pi D-o-C\pn contains [R] many prime ideals which intersect R at (0). I also show that if R is a Noetherian domain that is not a Henselian local domain and p₁,…,p_n are prime ideals with height > 2 each of which contains a monic polynomial, then their intersection contains [R] many prime ideals meeting R at (0), each containing a monic polynomial.     

On the sobriety of the inverse topology

An algebraic frame L with the finite intersection property (FIP) on compact elements is said to be polarised if every minimal prime element in it is complemented. In this note, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the inverse topology on the set of minimal prime elements of such a frame to be sober. We also establish some sufficient conditions for sobriety when the polarisation condition is relaxed.     

Characterizations of taut semi-local rings

Summary It is proved that the following statements are equivalent for semi-local domain R:1) R is taut (i.e., for each non-maximal prime ideal P in R, height P+depth P=altitude R).2) Every integral domain which contains and is integral over R is taut.3) R[1/b]. satisfies the second chain condition for prime ideals (s.c.c.), for each non-zero b in the Jacobson radical J of R.4) R[1/b] satisfies the first chain condition for prime ideals (f.c.c.), for some non-zero b in J.5) For each depth one prime ideal P in R, R_P satisfies the s.c.c. and height P=altitude R−1.6) R(X) is taut, where X is an indeterminate.7) For each pair of analytically independent elements b, c in R, R(c/b) is taut and altitude R(c/b)=altitude R−1.8) Each maximal set of analytically independent elements in R contains either one element or altitude R elements. Much of the theorem is then generalized (with suitable modifications) to rings which contain and are integral over a taut semi-local ring. Entrata in Redazione il 5 dicembre 1975. Research on this paper was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grant NSF GP-28939-1.     

Algebraische Unabhängigkeit der Werte gewisser Lückenreihen in nicht-archimedisch bewerteten Körpern

In 1844 Liouville proved the transcendence of α = ∑_h≥1 10^{?h h!} over Q. The number α can be considered as the value of the gap power series ∧(x) =∑_h≥1 at tne point 1/10 Since then, the above result has been generalized in this direction by different authors by applying improved “Liouville-estimates”. For instance, in 1973 Cijsouw and Tijdeman [2] showed that a gap series with algebraic coefficients takes on transcendental values (over Q) at non-zero algebraic points under some conditions on the growth of the coefficients and the gaps. In 1988 Bundschuh [1] resp. Zhu [9] proved the algebraic independence (over Q) of the values of several gap series at different algebraic points. In particular this result includes the algebraic independence of A(α₁),…, α(α_s) for non-zero algebraic numbers α₁,…, α_s of distinct absolute values less than 1. Moreover in [1] a set of continuum-many algebraically independent numbers was constructed. In 1978 Geijsel [4] obtained a result analogous to that of Cijsouw and Tijdeman underlying a non-archimedian valued function field over a finite field, and in 1983 Sieburg [7] was concerned with the algebraic independence of “Liouville-series” in non-archimedian valued fields of characteristic zero. In this paper some of the results of [1] resp. [9] will be transfered to the situation of some non-archimedian valued fields. If the characteristic of the field is prime, we have to require stronger conditions as in the “classical case”. An example shows that in this case the numbers A(c*i),..., A(aa) need not to be algebraically independent. But a set of continuum-many algebraically independent numbers still exists. In characteristic zero, results of the same kind will be obtained like in the “classical case”.     

Prime links in some skew-polynomial and skew-laurent rings

Let R be a Noetherian commutative ring and a α₁,…,α_n commuting automorphisms of R. Define T = R[θ₁,…,θ_n;α₁,…,α_n] to be the skew-polynomial ring with θ_ir = α_i(r)θ_i and θ_iθ_j= θ_jθ_i, for all i,j ? (1,…,n) and r ? R, and let S = Rθ₁,θ₁:^-1,…,θ_n:,θ_n;^-1;α₁:,…,α_n] be the corresponding skew-Laurent ring. In this paper we show that S and T satisfy the strong second layer condition and characterize the links between prime ideals in these rings.     

Certain complexes associated to a sequence and a matrix

Let R be a commutative noetherian ring with unit. To a sequencex:=x₁,...,x_n of elements of R and an m-by-n matrix α:=(α_ij) with entries in R we assign a complex D*(x;α), in case that m=n or m=n?1. These complexes will provide us in certain cases with explicit minimal free resolutions of ideals, which are generated by the elements a_i:=∑α_ijx_j and the maximal minors of α.     

A linear algorithm for nonhomogeneous spectra of numbers

Given a sequence of integers [a_i]_i=1ⁿ, an O(n) iterative algorithm is presented which decides whether there exist real numbers α and β such that a_i = [iα + β] (1 ? i ? n). In fact, the linear algorithm computes the partial quotients of the continued fraction expansions of $\text{d}$ and $\text{d}$ such that $\text{d < α <}\text{d}$ if and only if a_i = [iα + β] (1 ? i ? n) for suitable β = β(α).     

3-standardness of the maximal ideal

We study a notion called n-standardness (defined by M.E. Rossi (2000) in [10] and extended in this paper) of ideals primary to the maximal ideal in a Cohen-Macaulay local ring and some of its consequences. We further study conditions under which the maximal ideal is 3-standard, first proving results for when the residue field has prime characteristic and then using the method of reduction to prime characteristic to extend the results to the equicharacteristic 0 case. As an application, we extend a result due to T. Puthenpurakal (2005) [9] and show that a certain length associated with a minimal reduction of the maximal ideal does not depend on the minimal reduction chosen.     

Partial Skew Polynomial Rings: Prime and Maximal Ideals

In this article, we consider rings R with a partial action α of a cyclic infinite group G on R. We define partial skew polynomial rings as natural subrings of the partial skew group ring R ?_α G. We study prime and maximal ideals of a partial skew polynomial ring when the given partial action α has an enveloping action.     

On the intersection of the maximal ideals

Some additional properties of the intersection of the maximal ideals of a compact semigroup are developed here based on results in [1] and [3]. Throughout S denotes a compact usually connected semigroup with at least one maximal proper ideal. The set of all such maximal ideals is denoted by ℳ, the intersection of the members of ℳ by R, the idempotents by E and the minimal ideal by K. Some proofs are more algebraic and in a few cases we do not need S connected. Key facts are that members of ℳ are open and dense, complements of distinct maximal ideals are disjoint and the union of any two such is S. After some generalization of results in [1] and [3], we investigate R relative to the topology of S. Necessary and sufficient conditions are found for R to be compact hence closed and for R to be open. Unlike the situation with the minimal ideal, R can be closed or open largely depending on the position of E relative to R. The following theorem summarizes necessary preliminaries from [1] and [3]. Adapted from material in Chapter 3 of the author's dissertation, written under the co-direction of Dr. John Mack and Dr. John Selden at the University of Kentucky and supported by the National Science Foundation. Support to organize and prepare this paper was provided by Mount Vernon Nazarene College.     

Unique representation domains, II

Given a star operation ∗ of finite type, we call a domain R a ∗-unique representation domain (∗-URD) if each ∗-invertible ∗-ideal of R can be uniquely expressed as a ∗-product of pairwise ∗-comaximal ideals with prime radical. When ∗ is the t-operation we call the ∗-URD simply a URD. Any unique factorization domain is a URD. Generalizing and unifying results due to Zafrullah [M. Zafrullah, On unique representation domains, J. Nat. Sci. Math. 18 (1978) 19-29] and Brewer-Heinzer [J.W. Brewer, W.J. Heinzer, On decomposing ideals into products of comaximal ideals, Comm. Algebra 30 (2002) 5999-6010], we give conditions for a ∗-ideal to be a unique ∗-product of pairwise ∗-comaximal ideals with prime radical and characterize ∗-URD’s. We show that the class of URD’s includes rings of Krull type, the generalized Krull domains introduced by El Baghdadi and weakly Matlis domains whose t-spectrum is treed. We also study when the property of being a URD extends to some classes of overrings, such as polynomial extensions, rings of fractions and rings obtained by the D+XD_S[X] construction.     

非结合非分配的环(Ⅲ)

本文继上二文(Ⅰ)、(Ⅱ)的理论,并把(Ⅱ)中能分解成单纯子环直和的半单纯环概念及其定理推广到能同构于单纯子环的一个子直和的半单纯两非环概念及其有关定理.然后又把后者概念扩展到§3中所定义的可分和两非环概念,并对可分和两非环给出了使Wedderbum主要定理成立的一个充分条件.     

The Stanley Conjecture on Intersections of Four Monomial Prime Ideals

We show that the Stanley's Conjecture holds for an intersection of four monomial prime ideals of a polynomial algebra S over a field and for an arbitrary intersection of monomial prime ideals (P _i ) _i∈[s] of S such that each P _i is not contained in the sum of the other (P _j ) _j≠i .     

Ideal-Symmetric and Semiprime Rings

Lambek extended the usual commutative ideal theory to ideals in noncommutative rings, calling an ideal A of a ring R symmetric if rst ∈ A implies rts ∈ A for r, s, t ∈ R. R is usually called symmetric if 0 is a symmetric ideal. This naturally gives rise to extending the study of symmetric ring property to the lattice of ideals. In the process, we introduce the concept of an ideal-symmetric ring. We first characterize the class of ideal-symmetric rings and show that this ideal-symmetric property is Morita invariant. We provide a method of constructing an ideal-symmetric ring (but not semiprime) from any given semiprime ring, noting that semiprime rings are ideal-symmetric. We investigate the structure of minimal ideal-symmetric rings completely, finding two kinds of basic forms of finite ideal-symmetric rings. It is also shown that the ideal-symmetric property can go up to right quotient rings in relation with regular elements. The polynomial ring R[x] over an ideal-symmetric ring R need not be ideal-symmetric, but it is shown that the factor ring R[x]/xⁿR[x] is ideal-symmetric over a semiprime ring R.     

Notes on a new chain condition for prime ideals

A chain condition intermediate to the catenary property and the chain condition for prime ideals (c.c.) is studied. Like the c.c., the condition is inherited from a semi-local domain R by integral extension domains, by local quotient domains, and by factor domains, and a semi-local ring that satisfies the condition is catenary. (Unlike the c.c., none of these statements is true when R is not semi-local.) A number of characterizations of a semi-local domain that satisfies the condition are given in terms of: integral (respectively, algebraic, transcendental) extension domains, Henselizations, completions, Rees rings, associated graded rings and certain discrete valuation over-rings. Then four of the catenary chain conjectures are characterized in terms of this condition.     

Baer extensions of rings and stone extensions of semigroups

Let R be a commutative semigroup [resp. ring] with identity and zero, but without nilpotent elements. We say that R is a Stone semigroup [Baer ring], if for each annihilator ideal P⊂R there are idempotents e₁ ε P and e₂ ε Ann(P) such that x→(e₁x, e₂x):R→P×Ann(P) is an isomorphism. We show that for a given R there exists a Stone semigroup [Baer ring] S containing R that is minimal with respect to this property. In the ring case, S is uniquely determined if one requires that there be a natural bijection between the sets of annihilator ideals of R and S. This is close to results of J. Kist [5]. Like Kist, we use elementary sheaf-theoretical methods (see [2], [3], [6]). Proofs are not very detailed. An address delivered at the Symposium on Semigroups and the Multiplicative Structure of Rings, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, March 9–13, 1970.     

Divisors,measures and critical functions

In [4] we have introduced a new distance between Galois orbits over ℚ. Using generalized divisors, we have extended the notion of trace of an algebraic number to other transcendental quantities. In this article we continue the work started in [4]. We define the critical function for a class of transcendental numbers, that generalizes the notion of minimal polynomial of an algebraic number. Our results extend the results obtained by Popescu et al [5].     

Weak subintegral closure of ideals

We describe some basic facts about the weak subintegral closure of ideals in both the algebraic and complex-analytic settings. We focus on the analogy between results on the integral closure of ideals and modules and the weak subintegral closure of an ideal. We start by giving a new geometric interpretation of the Reid–Roberts–Singh criterion for when an element is weakly subintegral over a subring. We give new characterizations of the weak subintegral closure of an ideal. We associate with an ideal I of a ring A an ideal I_>, which consists of all elements of A such that v(a)>v(I), for all Rees valuations v of I. The ideal I_> plays an important role in conditions from stratification theory such as Whitney's condition A and Thom's condition Af and is contained in every reduction of I. We close with a valuative criterion for when an element is in the weak subintegral closure of an ideal. For this, we introduce a new closure operation for a pair of modules, which we call relative weak closure. We illustrate the usefulness of our valuative criterion.     

Starke Kotorsionsmoduln

Suppose that $(R, m)$ is a noetherian local ring and that E is the injective hull of the residue class field $R/m$. Suppose that M is an R-module, $M^0 = {\mbox{\rm Hom}}_R (M, E)$ is the Matlis dual of M and ${\mbox{\rm Coass}(M)} = {\mbox{\rm Ass} (M^0)}$. M is called cotorsion if every prime ideal ${\frak p} \in {\mbox{\rm Coass}}(M)$ is regular; it is called strongly cotorsion if $\cap {\rm Coass}(M)$ is regular. In the first part, we completely describe the structure of the strongly cotorsion modules over R, use this to determine the coassociated prime ideals of the bidual $M^{00}$, and give in the second part criteria for a cotorsion module being strongly cotorsion. Received: 7 March 2002