Power Series Rings Satisfying a Zero Divisor Property

In this note we continue to study zero divisors in power series rings and polynomial rings over general noncommutative rings. We first construct Armendariz rings which are not power-serieswise Armendariz, and find various properties of (power-serieswise) Armendariz rings. We show that for a semiprime power-serieswise Armendariz (so reduced) ring R with a.c.c. on annihilator ideals, R[[x]] (the power series ring with an indeterminate x over R) has finitely many minimal prime ideals, say B ₁,…,B _m , such that B ₁… B _m  = 0 and B _i  = A _i [[x]] for some minimal prime ideal A _i of R for all i, where A ₁,…,A _m are all minimal prime ideals of R. We also prove that the power-serieswise Armendarizness is preserved by the polynomial ring extension as the Armendarizness, and construct various types of (power-serieswise) Armendariz rings.     

A study of the lex plus powers conjecture

An {a₁,…,a_n}-lex plus powers ideal is a monomial ideal in I⊂k[x₁,…,x_n] which minimally contains the regular sequence x₁^a₁,…,x_n^a_n and such that whenever m∈R_t is a minimal generator of I and m′∈R_t is greater than m in lex order, then m′∈I. Conjectures of Eisenbud et al. and Charalambous and Evans predict that after restricting to ideals containing a regular sequence in degrees {a₁,…,a_n}, then {a₁,…,a_n}-lex plus powers ideals have extremal properties similar to those of the lex ideal. That is, it is proposed that a lex plus powers ideal should give maximum possible Hilbert function growth (Eisenbud et al.), and, after fixing a Hilbert function, that the Betti numbers of a lex plus powers ideal should be uniquely largest (Charalambous, Evans). The first of these assertions would extend Macaulay's theorem on Hilbert function growth, while the second improves the Bigatti, Hulett, Pardue theorem that lex ideals have largest graded Betti numbers. In this paper we explore these two conjectures. First we give several equivalent forms of each statement. For example, we demonstrate that the conjecture for Hilbert functions is equivalent to the statement that for a given Hilbert function, lex plus powers ideals have the most minimal generators in each degree. We use this result to prove that it is enough to show that lex plus powers ideals have the most minimal generators in the highest possible degree. A similar result holds for the stronger conjecture. In this paper we also prove that if the weaker conjecture holds, then lex plus powers ideals are guaranteed to have largest socles. This suffices to show that the two conjectures are equivalent in dimension ?3, which proves the monomial case of the conjecture for Betti numbers in those degrees. In dimension 2, we prove both conjectures outright.     

Maximally Prüfer Rings

In this paper we consider six Prüfer-like conditions on a commutative ring R, and introduce seventh condition by defining the ring R to be maximally Prüfer if R _M is Prüfer for every maximal ideal M of R, and we show that the class of such rings lie properly between Prüfer rings and locally Prüfer rings. We give a characterization of such rings in terms of the total quotient ring and the core of the regular maximal ideals. We also find a relationship of such rings with strong Prüfer rings.     

Generic Initial Ideals,Graded Betti Numbers,and k-Lefschetz Properties

We introduce the k-strong Lefschetz property and the k-weak Lefschetz property for graded Artinian K-algebras, which are generalizations of the Lefschetz properties. The main results are:

1. Let I be an ideal of R = K[x ₁, x ₂,…, x _n ] whose quotient ring R/I has the n-SLP. Suppose that all kth differences of the Hilbert function of R/I are quasi-symmetric. Then the generic initial ideal of I is the unique almost revlex ideal with the same Hilbert function as R/I.

2. We give a sharp upper bound on the graded Betti numbers of Artinian K-algebras with the k-WLP and a fixed Hilbert function.     

Borel-plus-powers monomial ideals

Let S=K[x₁,…,x_n] be a standard graded polynomial ring over a field K. In this paper, we show that the lex-plus-powers ideal has the largest graded Betti numbers among all Borel-plus-powers monomial ideals with the same Hilbert function. In addition in the case of characteristic 0, by using this result, we prove the lex-plus-powers conjecture for graded ideals containing , where p is a prime number.     

Gotzmann ideals of the polynomial ring

Let A =  K[x ₁,..., x _n ] denote the polynomial ring in n variables over a field K. We will classify all the Gotzmann ideals of A with at most n generators. In addition, we will study Hilbert functions H for which all homogeneous ideals of A with the Hilbert function H have the same graded Betti numbers. These Hilbert functions will be called inflexible Hilbert functions. We introduce the notion of segmentwise critical Hilbert functions and show that segmentwise critical Hilbert functions are inflexible. The first author is supported by JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists.     

A note on resolutions mod i

In this note we give new examples of Golod pairs, extending results of Shamash, Avramov, Gover and Salmon. We also prove a result, relating Betti numbers of ideals I and I + (x) in a local ring R where the ideal I has a linear protective resolution and x is a non zero divisor in R.     

Invariant additive subgroups of a certain kind

LetR be a prime ring with a nonzero nil right ideal, and letM be the union of all nil right ideals ofR. IfW is an additive subgroup ofR which is invariant under conjugation by all special automorphisms 1+x forx ∈M, then eitherW is central orW contains a noncommutative Lie ideal ofR. Assuming thatW is invariant under only those 1+x forx ∈M andx ²=0, the same conclusion holds if the extended centroid ofR is not GF(2).     

Extremal Betti numbers of graded ideals

The possible extremal Betti numbers of graded ideals in the polynomial ring K[x₁,…,x_n] in n variables with coefficients in a field K are studied, completing our results in [7]. In case char(K) = 0 we determine, given any integers r < n, the conditions under which there exists a graded ideal I ? K[x₁,…, x_n] with extremal Betti numbers $\beta_{k_{i}k_{i}+\ell_{i}}\ {\rm for}\ i=1,\cdots,r$ . We also treat a similar problem for squarefree lexsegment ideals.     

GOOD IDEALS IN MATRIX RINGS OVER COMMUTATIVE PIR's

Abstract

An ideal A of a ring R is called a good ideal if the coset product r ₁ r ₂ + A of any two cosets r ₁ + A and r ₂ + A of A in the factor ring R/A equals their set product (r ₁ + A) º (r ₂ + A): = {(r ₁ + a)(r ₂ + a ₂): a ₁, a ₂ ε A}. Good ideals were introduced in [3] to give a characterization of regular right duo rings. We characterize the good ideals of blocked triangular matrix rings over commutative principal ideal rings and show that the condition A º A = A is sufficient for A to be a good ideal in this class of matrix rings, none of which are right duo. It is not known whether good ideals in a base ring carries over to good ideals in complete matrix rings over the base ring. Our characterization shows that this phenomenon occurs indeed for complete matrix rings of certain sizes if the base ring is a blocked triangular matrix ring over a commutative principal ideal ring.     

Hilbert schemes and maximal Betti numbers over veronese rings

Macaulay??s Theorem (Macaulay in Proc. Lond Math Soc 26:531?C555, 1927) characterizes the Hilbert functions of graded ideals in a polynomial ring over a field. We characterize the Hilbert functions of graded ideals in a Veronese ring R (the coordinate ring of a Veronese embedding of P ^r-1). We also prove that the Hilbert scheme, which parametrizes all graded ideals in R with a fixed Hilbert function, is connected; this is an analogue of Hartshorne??s Theorem (Hartshorne in Math. IHES 29:5?C48, 1966) that Hilbert schemes over a polynomial ring are connected. Furthermore, we prove that each lex ideal in R has the greatest Betti numbers among all graded ideals with the same Hilbert function.     

Graded rings and essential ideals

LetG be a group andA aG-graded ring. A (graded) idealI ofA is (graded) essential ifI⊃J≠0 wheneverJ is a nonzero (graded) ideal ofA. In this paper we study the relationship between graded essential ideals ofA, essential ideals of the identity componentA _e and essential ideals of the smash productA#G ^*. We apply our results to prime essential rings, irredundant subdirect sums and essentially nilpotent rings.     

On Divisible and Torsionfree Modules

A ring R is called left P-coherent in case each principal left ideal of R is finitely presented. A left R-module M (resp. right R-module N) is called D-injective (resp. D-flat) if Ext¹(G, M) = 0 (resp. Tor₁(N, G) = 0) for every divisible left R-module G. It is shown that every left R-module over a left P-coherent ring R has a divisible cover; a left R-module M is D-injective if and only if M is the kernel of a divisible precover A → B with A injective; a finitely presented right R-module L over a left P-coherent ring R is D-flat if and only if L is the cokernel of a torsionfree preenvelope K → F with F flat. We also study the divisible and torsionfree dimensions of modules and rings. As applications, some new characterizations of von Neumann regular rings and PP rings are given.     

Rings with divisibility on chains of ideals

We present a generalization of the ascending and descending chain condition on one-sided ideals by means of divisibility on chains. We say that a ring R satisfies ACC_d on right ideals if in every ascending chain of right ideals of R, each right ideal in the chain, except for a finite number of right ideals, is a left multiple of the following one; that is, each right ideal in the chain, except for a finite number, is divisible by the following one. We study these rings and prove some results about them. Dually, we say that a ring R satisfies DCC_d on right ideals if in every descending chain of right ideals of R, each right ideal in the chain, except for a finite number of right ideals, is divisible by the previous one. We study these conditions on rings, in general and in special cases.     

Some algebraic properties of hypergraphs

We consider Stanley-Reisner rings k[x ₁, …, x _n ]/I(H) where I(H) is the edge ideal associated to some particular classes of hypergraphs. For instance, we consider hypergraphs that are natural generalizations of graphs that are lines and cycles, and for these we compute the Betti numbers. We also generalize some known results about chordal graphs and study a weak form of shellability.     

On simple factorization of invertible matrices

Let I be an ideal of a ring R. We say that R is a generalized I-stable ring provided that aR+bR=R with a?∈?1+I,b?∈?R implies that there exists a y?∈?R such that a+by?∈?K(R), where K(R)={x?∈?R?∣?? s, t?∈?R such that sxt=1}. Let R be a generalized I-stable ring. Then every A?∈?GL_n (I) is the product of 13n?12 simple matrices. Furthermore, we prove that A is the product of n simple matrices if I has stable rank one. This generalizes the results of Vaserstein and Wheland on rings having stable rank one.     

Further Results on Finitely Generated Projective Modules

In this paper, the exchange rings R whose primitive factor rings are artinian are studied. The following results are proved: for any exchange ring R and any two-sided ideal I of R, K ₀(π) : K ₀(R)→K ₀(R/I) is a group epimorphism with the kernel {[P]−[Q] |P = PI, Q = QI}; there is an isomorphism of ordered groups from K ₀(R) to the gorup of all such functions ƒ _P : X→Q(P∈p(R)), where X is the set of all primitive ideals of R and Q, the rational integers. Received February 2, 1999, Accepted December 9, 1999     

On Σ-nilpotent ideals of topological PI-rings

We show that under certain conditions on the topology of a faithful module M over a topological PI-ring R, if M has at most countable dual topological Krull dimension, then the closure of the sum of all Σ-nilpotent ideals of the ring R is a Σ-nilpotent ideal too, and in the case of a bounded ring R its topological Baer radical is Σ-nilpotent. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 111–118, 2006.     

Localisation in rings equipped with a solvable Lie algebra action

Let k be an algebraically closed uncountable field of characteristic 0,g a finite dimensional solvable k-Lie algebraR a noetherian k-algebra on which g acts by k-derivationsU(g) the enveloping algebra of g,A=R*g the crossed product of R by U(g)P a prime ideal of A and Ω(P) the clique of P. Suppose that the prime ideals of the polynomial ring R[x] are completely prime. If R is g-hypernormal, then Ω(P) is classical. Denote by A_T the localised ring and let M be a primitive ideal of A_T Set Q=P∩R In this note, we show that if R is a strongly (R,g)-admissible integral domain and if QR_Q is generated by a regular g-centralising set of elements, then

(1)M is generated by a regular g-semi-invariant normalising set of elements of cardinald = dim (R_Q 0 + ∣X_A (P)∣

(2)d gldim(A_T ) = Kdim(A_T ) = ht(M) = ht(P).     

On n-Absorbing Ideals of Commutative Rings

Let R be a commutative ring with 1 ≠ 0 and n a positive integer. In this article, we study two generalizations of a prime ideal. A proper ideal I of R is called an n-absorbing (resp., strongly n-absorbing) ideal if whenever x ₁…x _n+1 ∈ I for x ₁,…, x _n+1 ∈ R (resp., I ₁…I _n+1 ? I for ideals I ₁,…, I _n+1 of R), then there are n of the x _i 's (resp., n of the I _i 's) whose product is in I. We investigate n-absorbing and strongly n-absorbing ideals, and we conjecture that these two concepts are equivalent. In particular, we study the stability of n-absorbing ideals with respect to various ring-theoretic constructions and study n-absorbing ideals in several classes of commutative rings. For example, in a Noetherian ring every proper ideal is an n-absorbing ideal for some positive integer n, and in a Prüfer domain, an ideal is an n-absorbing ideal for some positive integer n if and only if it is a product of prime ideals.