Notes on Essentially Finitely Indecomposable Nonthick Primary Abelian Groups

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring of prime characteristic and M be an x-divisible right R[x, f]-module that is Noetherian as R-module. We give an affirmative answer to the question of Sharp and Yoshino in the case where R is semilocal and prove that the set of graded annihilators of R[x, f]-homomorphic images of M is finite. We also give a counterexample in the general case.     

Convexity of Torsion Subgroups in K 0 Groups and Dimension Group Properties of K 0 of Pullbacks

Firstly, we characterize the partially ordered K ₀ groups of some rings. Secondly, let R be a ring, we discuss the problem when the pre-order on K ₀(R) is actually a partial order and when Tor(K ₀(R)) is a convex subgroup of K ₀(R). Finally, we examine the transfer of some ordering properties (such as partial order, unperforated, interpolation property) on K ₀ groups of rings to the K ₀ groups of pullbacks. Let R be a pullback of R ₁ and R ₂ over S, under some suitable conditions, we prove that if each K ₀(R _i ) (i = 1, 2) is a dimension group, then so is K ₀(R).     

F q [M 2], F q [GL 2], and F q [SL 2] as Quantized Hyperalgebras

A ring R is called right Johns if R is right noetherian and every right ideal of R is a right annihilator. R is called strongly right Johns if the matrix ring M _n (R) is right Johns for each integer n ≥ 1. The Faith–Menal conjecture is an open conjecture on QF rings. It says that every strongly right Johns ring is QF. It is proved that the conjecture is true if every closed left ideal of the ring R is finitely generated. This result improves the known result that the conjecture is true if R is a left CS ring.     

The State Space of K 0 of Exchange Rings

ABSTRACT

For a directly finite exchange ring R which satisfies general comparability, we construct all extreme points of the state space S(V(R),? R?), where V(R) denotes the monoid of all isomorphic classes of finitely generated projective R-modules. From this, we further prove that S((K ₀(R),[R])) is affinely homeomorphic to M ₁ ⁺(BS(R)), where BS(R) denotes the spectrum of the Boolean algebra B(R) of all central idempotents in R, and M ⁺ ₁(BS(R)) the set of all probability measures on BS(R). These generalize the corresponding results on regular rings. Particularly, all of our results hold for exchange rings with all the idempotents central.     

Valuation ideals of order one in 2-dimensional regular local rings

Let υ be a prime divisor of a 2-dimensional regular local ring (R m) with algebraically closed residue field k. Zariski showed that a prime divisor υ of R is uniquely associated to a simple m-primary integrally closed ideal I of R, there exist finitely many simple υ-ideals including I, and all the other υ-ideals can be uniquely factored into products of simple υ-ideals. It is known that such an m-primary ideal I of R can be minimally generated by o(I) + 1 elements.Given a simple integrally closed ideal I of order one with arbitrary rank and its associated prime divisor υ, we find minimal generating sets of all the simple υ-ideals and describe factorizations of all the composite υ-ideals in terms of power products of simple υideals as explicitly as possible.     

SUBDIRECTLY IRREDUCIBLE LEFT SELF DISTRIBUTIVELY GENERATED ALGEBRAS

Abstract

Let F be a free profinite group of countably infinite rank and 𝒞(Δ) the class of all finite groups whose composition factors are in Δ for a non-empty class Δ of finite simple groups. Let R _Δ(F) be the intersection of all open normal subgroups N of F such that F/N is in 𝒞(Δ). Then we prove that, if 𝒩 is the class of finite groups which have no non-trivial 𝒞(Δ)-quotient, then R _Δ(F) is a pro-𝒩 group of countable rank and every finite 𝒩-embedding problem for R _Δ(F) is solvable.     

Krull Dimension and Deviation in Certain Parafree Groups

Hanna Neumann asked whether it was possible for two non-isomorphic residually nilpotent finitely generated (fg) groups, one of them free, to share the lower central sequence. Baumslag answered the question in the affirmative and thus gave rise to parafree groups. A group G is termed parafree of rank n if it is residually nilpotent and shares the same lower central sequence with a free group of rank n. The deviation of a fg parafree group G of rank n is the difference μ(G) ? n, where μ(G) is the minimum possible number of generators of G.

Let G be fg; then Hom(G, SL ₂?) inherits the structure of an algebraic variety, denoted by R(G). If G is an n generated parafree group, then the deviation of G is 0 iff Dim(R(G)) = 3n. It is known that for n ≥ 2 there exist infinitely many parafree groups of rank n and deviation 1 with non-isomorphic representation varieties of dimension 3n. In this paper it is shown that given integers n ≥ 2 and k ≥ 1, there exists infinitely many parafree groups of rank n and deviation k with non-isomorphic representation varieties of dimension different from 3n; in particular, there exist infinitely many parafree groups G of rank n with Dim(R(G)) > q, where q ≥ 3n is an arbitrary integer.     

Lifting Central Idempotents Modulo Jacobson Radicals and Ranks of K 0 Groups

Let R be a ring and let J(R) be the Jacobson radical of R. We discuss the problem of determining when the central idempotents in R/J(R) can be lifted to R. If R is a noetherian (artinian) ring, we give some conditions relative to the ranks of K ₀ groups under which the central idempotents in R/J(R) can be lifted. In particular, when R is semilocal, these conditions are necessary and sufficient. Moreover, we consider ranks of K ₀ groups of pullbacks of rings and obtain the upper and lower bounds on them under some suitable conditions.     

Rank Two Integral Representations of the Infinite Dihedral Group

We give an effective classification of the representations of the infinite dihedral group in GL ₂(R) where R is either the valuation ring ?_(p) or the ring of p-adic integers.     

On varieties parametrizing graded complex Lie algebras

We study spaces parametrizing graded complex Lie algebras from geometric as well as algebraic point of view. If R is a finite-dimensional complex Lie algebra, which is graded by a finite abelian group of order n, then a graded contraction of R, denoted by , is defined by a complex n × n-matrix , i, j = 1, . . . , n. In order for to be a Lie algebra, should satisfy certain homogeneous equations. In turn, these equations determine a projective variety X _R . We compute the first homology group of an irreducible component M of X _R , under some assumptions on M. We look into algebraic properties of graded Lie algebras where .      

Galois theory over rings of arithmetic power series

Let R be a domain, complete with respect to a norm which defines a non-discrete topology on R. We prove that the quotient field of R is ample, generalizing a theorem of Pop. We then consider the case where R is a ring of arithmetic power series which are holomorphic on the closed disc of radius 0<r<1 around the origin, and apply the above result to prove that the absolute Galois group of the quotient field of R is semi-free. This strengthens a theorem of Harbater, who solved the inverse Galois problem over these fields.     

Nonholonomic connections with Galilean groups of transformations

We construct second-order nonholonomic smooth invariant connections in the case of Galilean G(1,n) group representation in the canonical fiber bundle π: R ⁿ +1 → R ⁿ . Published in Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 438–456, July–September, 2006.     

Nonholonomic connections with extended Galilean groups of transformations

We continue the investigation of regular representations of the extended Galilean group {ie463-01} acting on the smooth canonical fiber bundle π: R ⁿ⁺¹ → I R ⁿ . First-and second-order nonholonomic affine connections Γ ₁, Γ ₂, Γ _1,2 are constructed using the results presented in papers [3, 4, 5, 6].     

The Direct Factor Problem for Modular Group Algebras of Isolated Direct Sums of Torsion-Complete Abelian Groups

Let R be an arbitrary commutative unitary ring of prime characteristic p and G an arbitrary abelian group whose p-component G_p is an isolated direct sum of torsion-complete abelian groups. Then G_p is a direct factor of S(RG). As a consequence, the same holds when G is a direct sum of groups for which their p-components are torsion-complete groups. In particular when G is p-mixed, it is a direct factor of V(RG) provided R is a field. The formulated results extend a classical theorem of May (Contemp. Math., 1989) for direct sums of cyclic groups and its generalization due to the author (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 1997).AMS Subject Classification (2000): Primary 16 U60, 16 S34; Secondary 20 K10, 20 K20, 20 K21.     

The Rost invariant has trivial kernel for quasi-split groups of low rank

For G a simple simply connected algebraic group defined over a field F, Rost has shown that there exists a canonical map . This includes the Arason invariant for quadratic forms and Rost's mod 3 invariant for exceptional Jordan algebras as special cases. We show that R _G has trivial kernel if G is quasi-split of type E ₆ or E ₇. A case-by-case analysis shows that it has trivial kernel whenever G is quasi-split of low rank. Received: November 1, 2000     

Le rang du systeme lineaire des racines d'une algebre de lie rigide resoluble complexe

Adams and Conway have stated without proof a result which says, roughly speaking, that the representation ring R(G) of a compact, connected Lie group G is generated as a λ-ring by elements in 1-to-1 correspondence with the branches of the Dynkin diagram. In this note we present an elementary proof of this.