Distributive skew Laurent polynomial rings

We describe skew Laurent polynomial rings that are right distributive.     

Factorization of Laurent series over commutative rings

We generalize the Wiener-Hopf factorization of Laurent series to more general commutative coefficient rings, and we give explicit formulas for the decomposition. We emphasize the algebraic nature of this factorization.     

Stably free modules over rings of Laurent polynomials

Let Φ be a finite group and let A be the group algebra of a free abelian group over a field k. We show that, in general, A[Φ] admits nontrivial stably free modules. By contrast, if A is the group algebra of a finitely generated free group then A[Φ] has stably free cancellation.     

An algorithm for unimodular completion over Laurent polynomial rings

We present a new and simple algorithm for completion of unimodular vectors with entries in a multivariate Laurent polynomial ring over an infinite field K. More precisely, given n?3 and a unimodular vector V=^t(v₁,…,v_n)∈Rⁿ (that is, such that 〈v₁,…,v_n〉=R), the algorithm computes a matrix M in M_n(R) whose determinant is a monomial such that MV=^t(1,0,…,0), and thus M^-1 is a completion of V to an invertible matrix.     

Radicals in skew polynomial and skew Laurent polynomial rings

We provide a general procedure for characterizing radical-like functions of skew polynomial and skew Laurent polynomial rings under grading hypotheses. In particular, we are able to completely characterize the Wedderburn and Levitzki radicals of skew polynomial and skew Laurent polynomial rings in terms of ideals in the coefficient ring. We also introduce the T-nilpotent radideals, and perform similar characterizations.     

Isotriviality and étale cohomology of Laurent polynomial rings

We provide a detailed study of torsors over Laurent polynomial rings under the action of an algebraic group. As applications we obtained variations of Raghunathan’s results on torsors over affine space, isotriviality results for reductive group schemes and forms of algebras, and decomposition properties for Azumaya algebras.     

On inverse skew Laurent series extensions of weakly rigid rings

Let R be a ring equipped with an automorphism α and an α-derivation δ. We studied on the relationship between the quasi Baerness and (α, δ)-quasi Baerness of a ring R and these of the inverse skew Laurent series ring R((x^?1; α, δ)), in case R is an (α, δ)-weakly rigid ring. Also we proved that for a semicommutative (α, δ)-weakly rigid ring R, R is Baer if and only if so is R((x^?1; α, δ)). Moreover for an (α, δ)-weakly rigid ring R, it is shown that the inverse skew Laurent series ring R((x^?1; α, δ)) is left p.q.-Baer if and only if R is left p.q.-Baer and every countable subset of left semicentral idempotents of R has a generalized countable join in R.     

On the number of generators of modules over Laurent rings

Partially supported by DGICYT PB88-0224     

Descriptions of radicals of skew polynomial and skew Laurent polynomial rings

In this paper, we first characterize the Levitzki radical of a skew (Laurent) polynomial ring by the prime ideals and skewed prime ideals in the base ring. We next provide formulas for the strongly prime radical and the uniformly strongly prime radical of skew (Laurent) polynomial rings.     

SymplecticK 2 of Laurent polynomials,associated Kac-Moody groups and Witt rings

The first author was partially supported by the Alexander von Humboldt-foundation in 1988–89. The authors want to thank Professor A. Bak for his valuable advice onK ₂Sp(F), Witt rings and their relation.     

Algebraic jump loci for rank and Betti numbers over Laurent polynomial rings

Let C be a chain complex of finitely generated free modules over a commutative Laurent polynomial ring $L_s$ in s indeterminates. Given a group homomorphism $p:{\mathbb{Z}}^s?{\mathbb{Z}}^t$ we let $p_{!}(C)=C{?}_{L_s}{L}_t$ denote the resulting induced complex over the Laurent polynomial ring $L_t$ in t indeterminates. We prove that the Betti number jump loci, that is, the sets of those homomorphisms p such that $b_k(p_{!}(C))>b_k(C)$, have a surprisingly simple structure. We allow non-unital commutative rings of coefficients, and work with a notion of Betti numbers that generalises both the usual one for integral domains, and the analogous concept involving McCoy ranks in case of unital commutative rings.     

Derivations of Witt vectors with application to K2 of truncated polynomial rings and Laurent series

The absolute Kähler module $\text{Ω}{}_{\mathrm{w}}{}_{\mathrm{n}}{}^{\mathrm{(k)}}$ of the truncated generalized Witt vectors of a field k of positive characteristic is zero if and only if k is perfect. This recovers known information on $\text{K}{}_2\text{(}\text{k[t]}\text{(t}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{)}\text{)}$ with which the structure of K₂(k((t))) can be studied.     

Laurent phenomenon sequences

In this paper, we undertake a systematic study of sequences generated by recurrences \(x_{m+n}x_m = P(x_{m+1}, \ldots , x_{m+n-1})\) which exhibit the Laurent phenomenon. Some of the most famous among these are the Somos and the Gale-Robinson sequences. Our approach is based on finding period 1 seeds of Laurent phenomenon algebras of Lam–Pylyavskyy. We completely classify polynomials P that generate period 1 seeds in the cases of \(n=2,3\) and of mutual binomial seeds. We also find several other interesting families of polynomials P whose generated sequences exhibit the Laurent phenomenon. Our classification for binomial seeds is a direct generalization of a result by Fordy and Marsh, that employs a new combinatorial gadget we call a double quiver.