Invariants of Lie superalgebras acting on associative algebras

LetR be a semiprime algebra over a fieldK acted on by a finite-dimensional Lie superalgebraL. The purpose of this paper is to prove a series of going-up results showing how the structure of the subalgebra of invariantsR ^Lis related to that ofR. Combining several of our main results we have: Theorem: Let R be a semiprime K-algebra acted on by a finite-dimensional nilpotent Lie superalgebra L such that if characteristic K=p then L is restricted and if characteristic, K=0 then L acts on R as algebraic derivations and algebraic superderivations.

1. If R^L is right Noetherian, then R is a Noetherian right R^L-module. In particular, R is right Noetherian and is a finitely generated right R^L-module.
2. If R^L is right Artinian, then R is an Artinian right R^L-module. In particular, R is right Artinian and is a finitely generated right R^L-module.
3. If R^L is finite-dimensional over K then R is also finite-dimensional over K.
4. If R^L has finite Goldie dimension as a right R^L-module, then R has finite Goldie dimension as a right R-module.
5. If R^L has Krull dimension α as a right R^L-module, then R has Krull dimension α as a right R^L-module. Thus R has Krull dimension at most α as a right R-module.
6. If R is prime and R^L is central, then R satisfies a polynomial identity.
7. If L is a Lie algebra and R^L is central, then R satisfies a polynomial identity.

We also provide counterexamples to many questions which arise in view of the results in this paper.