The Socle and finite dimensionality of some Banach algebras

The purpose of this note is to describe some algebraic conditions on a Banach algebra which force it to be finite dimensional. One of the main results in Theorem 2 which states that for a locally compact groupG, G is compact if there exists a measure μ in Soc(L ¹(G)) such that μ(G) ≠ 0. We also prove thatG is finite if Soc(M(G)) is closed and every nonzero left ideal inM(G) contains a minimal left ideal.     

Identities of PI-Algebras Graded by a Finite Abelian Group

We consider associative PI-algebras over an algebraically closed field of zero characteristic graded by a finite abelian group G. It is proved that in this case the ideal of graded identities of a G-graded finitely generated PI-algebra coincides with the ideal of graded identities of some finite dimensional G-graded algebra. This implies that the ideal of G-graded identities of any (not necessary finitely generated) G-graded PI-algebra coincides with the ideal of G-graded identities of the Grassmann envelope of a finite dimensional (G × ?₂)-graded algebra, and is finitely generated as GT-ideal. Similar results take place for ideals of identities with automorphisms.     

On the Rees algebra of certain codimension two perfect ideals

 Suppose ? is a set of arbitrary number of smooth points in ℙ² its defining ideal. In this paper, we study the Rees algebras of the ideals generated by I _t , t ≥α. When the points of ? are general, we give a set of defining equations for the Rees algebra . When the points of ? are arbitrary, we show that for all t≫ 0, the Rees algebra is Cohen-Macaulay and its defining ideal is generated by quadratics. A cohomological characterization for arithmetic Cohen-Macaulayness of subvarieties of a product space is also given. Received 4 April 2001     

Planar algebra of the subgroup-subfactor

We give an identification between the planar algebra of the subgroupsubfactor R ⋊ H ⊂ R ⋊ G and the G-invariant planar subalgebra of the planar algebra of the bipartite graph ★ _n , where n = [G: H]. The crucial step in this identification is an exhibition of a model for the basic construction tower, and thereafter of the standard invariant of R ⋊ H ⊂ R ⋊ G in terms of operator matrices. We also obtain an identification between the planar algebra of the fixed algebra subfactor R ^G ⊂ R ^H and the G-invariant planar subalgebra of the planar algebra of the ‘flip’ of ★ _n .     

Characterization of Operators on the Dual of Hypergroups which Commute with Translations and Convolutions

For a locally compact group G, L^1 (G) is its group algebra and L^∞(G) is the dual of L^1 (G).Lau has studied the bounded linear operators T:L^∞(G)→L^∞(G) which commute with convolutions and translations. For a subspace H of L^∞(G), we know that M(L^∞(G),H), the Banach algebra of all bounded linear operators on L^∞(G) into H which commute with convolutions, has been studied by Pyre and Lau. In this paper, we generalize these problems to L(K)^*, the dual of a hypergroup algebra L(K) in a very general setting, i.e. we do not assume that K admits a Haar measure. It should be noted that these algebras include not only the group algebra L^1(G) but also most of the semigroup algebras.Compact hypergroups have a Haar measure, however, in general it is not known that every hypergroup has a Haar measure. The lack of the Haar measure and involution presents many difficulties; however,we succeed in getting some interesting results.     

On character amenability of semigroup algebras

We study the character amenability of semigroup algebras. We work on general semigroups and certain semigroups such as inverse semigroups with a finite number of idempotents, inverse semigroups with uniformly locally finite idempotent set, Brandt and Rees semigroup and study the character amenability of the semigroup algebra l¹(S) in relation to the structures of the semigroup S. In particular, we show that for any semigroup S, if ?¹(S) is character amenable, then S is amenable and regular. We also show that the left character amenability of the semigroup algebra ?¹(S) on a Brandt semigroup S over a group G with index set J is equivalent to the amenability of G and J being finite. Finally, we show that for a Rees semigroup S with a zero over the group G, the left character amenability of ?¹(S) is equivalent to its amenability, this is in turn equivalent to G being amenable.     

On Poset Boolean Algebras

Let (P,≤) be a partially ordered set. The poset Boolean algebra of P, denoted F(P), is defined as follows: The set of generators of F(P) is {x _p  : p∈P}, and the set of relations is {x _p ⋅x _q =x _p  : p≤q}. We say that a Boolean algebra B is well-generated, if B has a sublattice G such that G generates B and (G,≤ ^B |G) is well-founded. A well-generated algebra is superatomic. THEOREM 1. Let (P,≤) be a partially ordered set. The following are equivalent. (i) P does not contain an infinite set of pairwise incomparable elements, and P does not contain a subset isomorphic to the chain of rational numbers, (ii) F(P) is superatomic, (iii) F(P) is well-generated. The equivalence (i) ⇔ (ii) is due to M. Pouzet. A partially ordered set W is well-ordered, if W does not contain a strictly decreasing infinite sequence, and W does not contain an infinite set of pairwise incomparable elements. THEOREM 2. Let F(P) be a superatomic poset algebra. Then there are a well-ordered set W and a subalgebra B of F(W), such that F(P) is a homomorphic image of B. This is similar but weaker than the fact that every interval algebra of a scattered chain is embeddable in an ordinal algebra. Remember that an interval algebra is a special case of a poset algebra. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On the Irreducible Components of the Form Ring and an Application to Intersection Cycles

Let A be a commutative Noetherian ring and I an ideal in A. We characterize algebraically when all the minimal primes of the associated graded ring G _I A contract to minimal primes of A/I. This, applied to intersection theory, means that there are no embedded distinguished varieties of intersection. The characterization is in terms of the analytic spread of certain localizations of I, the symbolic Rees algebra, and the normalization of the Rees algebra, and extends results of Huneke, Vasconcelos, and Martí-Farré.     

Koszulness,Krull dimension,and other properties of graph-related algebras

The algebra of basic covers of a graph G, denoted by [`(A)](G)\bar{A}(G), was introduced by Herzog as a suitable quotient of the vertex cover algebra. In this paper we compute the Krull dimension of [`(A)](G)\bar{A}(G) in terms of the combinatorics of G. As a consequence, we get new upper bounds on the arithmetical rank of monomial ideals of pure codimension 2. Furthermore, we show that if the graph is bipartite, then [`(A)](G)\bar{A}(G) is a homogeneous algebra with straightening laws, and thus it is Koszul. Finally, we characterize the Cohen–Macaulay property and the Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity of the edge ideal of a certain class of graphs.     

Symbolic powers,Serre conditions and Cohen-Macaulay Rees algebras

Summary LetR be a Cohen-Macaulay ring andI an unmixed ideal of heightg which is generically a complete intersection and satisfiesI ⁽ⁿ⁾=Iⁿ for alln≥1. Under what conditions will the Rees algebra be Cohen-Macaulay or have good depth? A series of partial answers to this question is given, relating the Serre condition (S _r ) of the associated graded ring to the depth of the Rees algebra. A useful device in arguments of this nature is the canonical module of the Rees algebra. By making use of the technique of the fundamental divisor, it is shown that the canonical module has the expected form: ω _R[It] ≅(t(1−t) ^g−2). The third author was partially supported by the NSF This article was processed by the author using theLaTex style filecljour1 from Springer-Verlag.     

On Galois Algebras Satisfying the Fundamental Theorem

Let B be a Galois algebra over a commutative ring R with Galois group G such that B ^H is a separable subalgebra of B for each subgroup H of G. Then it is shown that B satisfies the fundamental theorem if and only if B is one of the following three types: (1) B is an indecomposable commutative Galois algebra, (2) B = Re ⊕ R(1 ? e) where e and 1 ? e are minimal central idempotents in B, and (3) B is an indecomposable Galois algebra such that for each separable subalgebra A, V _B (A) = ?∑ _g∈G(A) J _g , and the centers of A and B ^G(A) are the same where V _B (A) is the commutator subring of A in B, J _g  = {b ∈ B | bx = g(x)b for each x ∈ B} for a g ∈ G, and G(A) = {g ∈ G | g(a) = a for all a ∈ A}.     

A Class of Multiplier Hopf Algebras

We compute the Drinfel’d double for the bicrossproduct multiplier Hopf algebra A = k[G] ⋊ K(H) associated with the factorization of an infinite group M into two subgroups G and H. We also show that there is a basis-preserving self-duality structure for the multiplier Hopf algebra A = k[G] ⋊ K(H) if there is a factor-reversing group isomorphism. Presented by A. Verschoren.     

Group-cograded Multiplier Hopf ${\left( { * {\text{ - }}} \right)}$algebras

Let G be a group and assume that (A _p ) _p∈G is a family of algebras with identity. We have a Hopf G-coalgebra (in the sense of Turaev) if, for each pair p,q ∈ G, there is given a unital homomorphism Δ _p,q : A _pq → A _p ⊗ A _q satisfying certain properties. Consider now the direct sum A of these algebras. It is an algebra, without identity, except when G is a finite group, but the product is non-degenerate. The maps Δ _p,q can be used to define a coproduct Δ on A and the conditions imposed on these maps give that (A,Δ) is a multiplier Hopf algebra. It is G-cograded as explained in this paper. We study these so-called group-cograded multiplier Hopf algebras. They are, as explained above, more general than the Hopf group-coalgebras as introduced by Turaev. Moreover, our point of view makes it possible to use results and techniques from the theory of multiplier Hopf algebras in the study of Hopf group-coalgebras (and generalizations). In a separate paper, we treat the quantum double in this context and we recover, in a simple and natural way (and generalize) results obtained by Zunino. In this paper, we study integrals, in general and in the case where the components are finite-dimensional. Using these ideas, we obtain most of the results of Virelizier on this subject and consider them in the framework of multiplier Hopf algebras. Presented by Ken Goodearl.     

Isotopy and invariants of Albert algebras

Let k be a field with characteristic different from 2 and 3. Let B be a central simple algebra of degree 3 over a quadratic extension K/k, which admits involutions of second kind. In this paper, we prove that if the Albert algebras and have same and invariants, then they are isotopic. We prove that for a given Albert algebra J, there exists an Albert algebra J' with , and . We conclude with a construction of Albert division algebras, which are pure second Tits' constructions. Received: December 9, 1997.     

An <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis> = <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis> theorem for imaginary quadratic fields

We prove the modularity of certain residually reducible p-adic Galois representations of an imaginary quadratic field assuming the uniqueness of the residual representation. We obtain an R = T theorem using a new commutative algebra criterion that might be of independent interest. To apply the criterion, one needs to show that the quotient of the universal deformation ring R by its ideal of reducibility is cyclic Artinian of order no greater than the order of the congruence module T/J, where J is an Eisenstein ideal in the local Hecke algebra T. The inequality is proven by applying the Main conjecture of Iwasawa Theory for Hecke characters and using a result of Berger [Compos Math 145(3):603–632, 2009]. This strengthens our previous result [Berger and Klosin, J Inst Math Jussieu 8(4):669–692, 2009] to include the cases of an arbitrary p-adic valuation of the L-value, in particular, cases when R is not a discrete valuation ring. As a consequence we show that the Eisenstein ideal is principal and that T is a complete intersection.     

When Is a Graded PI Algebra a PI Algebra?

Abstract

Let G be a monoid with cancellation and let ? be a strongly G-graded algebra with finite G-grading satisfying a graded polynomial identity. We show that ? is a PI algebra.     

Lie algebras determined by finite valued Auslander-Reiten quivers

Let г denote a connected valued Auslander-Reiten quiver, let ℒ(γ) denote the free abelian group generated by the vertex setγ ₀ and let ℒ(Γ) be the universal cover ofг with fundamental groupG. It is proved that whenγ is a finite connected valued Auslander-Reiten quiver,ℒ(γ) is a Lie subalgebra ofℋ(г), and is just the “orbit” Lie algebra ℒ( )/G, where ℋ (г)₁ is the degenerate Hall algebra ofг and ℒ( )/G is the “orbit” Lie algebra induced by .     

Domestic canonical algebras and simple Lie algebras

For each simply-laced Dynkin graph Δ we realize the simple complex Lie algebra of type Δ as a quotient algebra of the complex degenerate composition Lie algebra of a domestic canonical algebra A of type Δ by some ideal I of that is defined via the Hall algebra of A, and give an explicit form of I. Moreover, we show that each root space of has a basis given by the coset of an indecomposable A-module M with root easily computed by the dimension vector of M. Dedicated to Professor Claus Michael Ringel on the occasion of his 60th birthday.