Two criteria to check whether ideals are direct sums of cyclically presented modules

A famous theorem of commutative algebra due to I. M. Isaacs states that “if every prime ideal of R is principal, then every ideal of R is principal”. Therefore, a natural question of this sort is “whether the same is true if one weakens this condition and studies rings in which ideals are direct sums of cyclically presented modules?” The goal of this paper is to answer this question in the case R is a commutative local ring. We obtain an analogue of Isaacs's theorem. In fact, we give two criteria to check whether every ideal of a commutative local ring R is a direct sum of cyclically presented modules, it suffices to test only the prime ideals or structure of the maximal ideal of R. As a consequence, we obtain: if R is a commutative local ring such that every prime ideal of R is a direct sum of cyclically presented R-modules, then R is a Noetherian ring. Finally, we describe the ideal structure of commutative local rings in which every ideal of R is a direct sum of cyclically presented R-modules.     

A sufficient condition for F-purity

It is well known that nice conditions on the canonical module of a local ring have a strong impact in the study of strong F-regularity and F  -purity. In this note, we prove that if (R,m)$(R,\mathfrak{m})$ is an equidimensional and _S2$S_2$ local ring that admits a canonical ideal I≅_ωR$I\cong {\omega }_R$ such that R/I$R/I$ is F-pure, then R is F-pure. This greatly generalizes one of the main theorems in [2]. We also provide examples to show that not all Cohen–Macaulay F-pure local rings satisfy the above property.     

Degree functions and projectively full ideals in 2-dimensional rational singularities that can be desingularized by blowing up the unique maximal ideal

Let (R,m) be a 2-dimensional rational singularity with algebraically closed residue field and for which the associated graded ring is an integrally closed domain. According to Göhner, (R,m) satisfies condition (N): given a prime divisor v, there exists a unique complete m-primary ideal A_v in R with T(A_v)={v} and such that any complete m-primary ideal with unique Rees valuation v, is a power of A_v. We use the theory of degree functions developed by Rees and Sharp as well as some results about regular local rings, to investigate the degree coefficients d(A_v,v). As an immediate corollary, we find that for a simple complete m₁-primary ideal I₁ in an immediate quadratic transform (R₁,m₁) of (R,m); the inverse transform of I₁ in R is projectively full.     

Local rings whose modules are almost serial

The present paper is a sequel to our previous work on almost uniserial rings and modules, which appeared in the Journal of Algebra in 2016; it studies rings over which every (left and right) module is almost serial. A module is almost uniserial if any two of its submodules are either comparable in inclusion or isomorphic. And a module is almost serial if it is a direct sum of almost uniserial modules. The results of the paper are inspired by a characterization of Artinian serial rings as rings having all left (or right) modules serial. We prove that if R is a local ring and all left R-modules are almost serial then R is an Artinian ring which is uniserial either on the left or on the right. We also produce a connection between local rings having all left and right modules almost serial, local balanced rings studied by Dlab and Ringel and local Köthe rings. Finally we prove Morita invariance of the almost serial property and list some consequences.     

Valuations with preassigned proximity relations

We characterize the infinite upper triangular matrices (which we call formal proximity matrices) that can arise as proximity matrices associated with zero-dimensional valuations dominating regular noetherian local rings. In particular, for every regular noetherian local ring R of the appropriate dimension, we give a sufficient condition for such a formal proximity matrix to be the proximity matrix associated with a real rank one valuation dominating R. Furthermore, we prove that in the special case of rational function fields, each formal proximity matrix arises as the proximity matrix of a valuation whose value group is computable from the formal proximity matrix. We also give an example to show that this is false for more general fields. Finally in the case of characteristic zero, our constructions can be seen as a particular case of a structure theorem for zero-dimensional valuations dominating equicharacteristic regular noetherian local rings.     

Gorenstein injective, Gorenstein flat modules and the section functor

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring of Krull dimension d, and let a be an ideal of R. In this paper, we will study the strong cotorsioness and the Gorenstein injectivity of the section functor Γ_a(−) in local cohomology. As applications, we will find new characterizations for Gorenstein and regular local rings. We also study the effect of the section functors Γ_a(−) and the functors on the Auslander and Bass classes.     

Almost perfect commutative rings

Almost perfect commutative rings R are introduced (as an analogue of Bazzoni and Salce's almost perfect domains) for rings with divisors of zero: they are defined as orders in commutative perfect rings such that the factor rings $R/Rr$ are perfect rings (in the sense of Bass) for all non-zero-divisors$r\in R$. It is shown that an almost perfect ring is an extension of a T-nilpotent ideal by a subdirect product of a finite number of almost perfect domains. Noetherian almost perfect rings are exactly the one-dimensional Cohen–Macaulay rings. Several characterizations of almost perfect domains carry over practically without change to almost perfect rings. Examples of almost perfect rings with zero-divisors are abundant.     

Indecomposable modules over one-dimensional Noetherian rings

In this article we consider finitely generated torsion-free modules over certain one-dimensional commutative Noetherian rings R. We assume there exists a positive integer N_R such that, for every indecomposable R-module M and for every minimal prime ideal P of R, the dimension of M_P, as a vector space over the field R_P, is less than or equal to N_R. If a nonzero indecomposable R-module M is such that all the localizations M_P as vector spaces over the fields R_P have the same dimension r, for every minimal prime P of R, then r=1,2,3,4 or 6. Let n be an integer ≥8. We show that if M is an R-module such that the vector space dimensions of the M_P are between n and 2n−8, then M decomposes non-trivially. For each n≥8, we exhibit a semilocal ring and an indecomposable module for which the relevant dimensions range from n to 2n−7. These results require a mild equicharacteristic assumption; we also discuss bounds in the non-equicharacteristic case.     

Bounds for indecomposable torsion-free modules

Let M be a finitely generated torsion-free module over a one-dimensional reduced Noetherian ring R with finitely generated normalization. The rank of M is the tuple of vector-space dimensions of M_P over each field R_P (R localized at P), where P ranges over the minimal prime ideals of R. We assume that there exists a bound N_R on the ranks of all indecomposable finitely generated torsion-free R-modules. For such rings, what bounds and ranks occur? Partial answers to this question have been given by a plethora of authors over the past forty years. In this article we provide a final answer by giving a concise list of the ranks of indecomposable modules for R a local ring with no condition on the characteristic. We conclude that if the rank of an indecomposable module M is (r,r,…,r), then r∈{1,2,3,4,6}, even when R is not local.     

Almost slender rings and compact rings

Classical results concerning slenderness for commutative integral domains are generalized to commutative rings with zero divisors. This is done by extending the methods from the domain case and bringing them in connection with results on the linear topologies associated to non-discrete Hausdorff filtrations. In many cases a weakened notion “almost slenderness” of slenderness is appropriate for rings with zero divisors. Special results for countable rings are extended to rings said to be of “bounded type” (including countable rings, ‘small’ rings, and, for instance, rings that are countably generated as algebras over an Artinian ring).More precisely, for a ring R of bounded type it is proved that R is slender if R is reduced and has no simple ideals, or if R is Noetherian and has no simple ideals; moreover, R is almost slender if R is not perfect (in the sense of H. Bass). We use our methods to study various special classes of rings, for instance von Neumann regular rings and valuation rings. Among other results we show that the following two rings are slender: the ring of Puiseux series over a field and the von Neumann regular ring $k^{\mathbb{N}}/k^{(\mathbb{N})}$ over a von Neumann regular ring k.For a Noetherian ring R we prove that R is a finite product of local complete rings iff R satisfies one of several (equivalent) conditions of algebraic compactness. A 1-dimensional Noetherian ring is outside this ‘compact’ class precisely when it is almost slender. For the rings of classical algebraic geometry we prove that a localization of an algebra finitely generated over a field is either Artinian or almost slender. Finally, we show that a Noetherian ring R is a finite product of local complete rings with finite residue fields exactly when there exists a map of R-algebras $R^{\mathbb{N}}\to R$ vanishing on $R^{(\mathbb{N})}$.     

Note on bounds for multiplicities

Let S=K[x₁,…,x_n] be a polynomial ring and R=S/I be a graded K-algebra where I⊂S is a graded ideal. Herzog, Huneke and Srinivasan have conjectured that the multiplicity of R is bounded above by a function of the maximal shifts in the minimal graded free resolution of R over S. We prove the conjecture in the case that codim(R)=2 which generalizes results in (J. Pure Appl. Algebra 182 (2003) 201; Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998) 2879). We also give a proof for the bound in the case in which I is componentwise linear. For example, stable and squarefree stable ideals belong to this class of ideals.     

Henriksen?s contributions to residue class rings of analytic and entire functions

The author surveys, summarizes and generalizes results of Golasiński and Henriksen, and of others, concerning certain residue class rings.Let A(R) denote the ring of analytic functions over reals R and E(K) the ring of entire functions over R or complex numbers C. It is shown that if m is a maximal ideal of A(R), then A(R)/m is isomorphic either to the reals or a real-closed field that is η₁-set, while if m is a maximal ideal of E(K), then E(K)/m is isomorphic to one of these latter two fields or to complex numbers.     

A commutative analogue of the group ring

Throughout, all rings R will be commutative with identity element. In this paper we introduce, for each finite group G, a commutative graded Z-algebra R_G. This classifies the G-invariant commutative R-algebra multiplications on the group algebra R[G] which are cocycles (in fact coboundaries) with respect to the standard “direct sum” multiplication and have the same identity element.In the case when G is an elementary Abelian p-group it turns out that R_G is closely related to the symmetric algebra over F_p of the dual of G. We intend in subsequent papers to explore the close relationship between G and R_G in the case of a general (possibly non-Abelian) group G.Here we show that the Krull dimension of R_G is the maximal rank r of an elementary Abelian subgroup E of G unless either E is cyclic or for some such E its normalizer in G contains a non-trivial cyclic group which acts faithfully on E via “scalar multiplication” in which case it is r+1.     

Rank-sets of indecomposable modules over one-dimensional rings

Let R be a one-dimensional, reduced Noetherian ring with finite normalization, and suppose there exists a positive integer N_R such that, for every indecomposable finitely generated torsion-free R-module M and every minimal prime ideal P of R, the dimension of M_P, as a vector space over the localization R_P (a field), is less than or equal to N_R. For a finitely generated torsion-free R-module M, we call the set of all such vector-space dimensions the rank-set of M. What subsets of the integers arise as rank-sets of indecomposable finitely generated torsion-free R-modules? In this article, we give more information on rank-sets of indecomposable modules, to supplement previous work concerning this question. In particular we provide examples having as rank-sets those intervals of consecutive integers that are not ruled out by an earlier article of Arnavut, Luckas and Wiegand. We also show that certain non-consecutive rank-sets never arise.     

Strongly irreducible ideals of a commutative ring

An ideal I of a ring R is said to be strongly irreducible if for ideals J and K of R, the inclusion J∩K⊆I implies that either J⊆I or K⊆I. The relationship among the families of irreducible ideals, strongly irreducible ideals, and prime ideals of a commutative ring R is considered, and a characterization is given of the Noetherian rings which contain a non-prime strongly irreducible ideal.     

Rings of quotients for rings with big center

A ring R is called an IIC-ring if any nonzero ideal of R has nonzero intersection with the center of R. We consider certain results about rings of quotients of semiprime IIC-rings and show by examples that these properties are not preserved in the case of arbitrary IIC-rings. We also prove more general properties of IIC-rings concerning its rings of quotients.     

Commutative Rings whose Proper Ideals are Serial

A result of Nakayama and Skornyakov states that a ring R is an Artinian serial ring if and only if every R-module is serial. This motivated us to study commutative rings for which every proper ideal is serial. In this paper, we determine completely the structure of commutative rings R of which every proper ideal is serial. It is shown that every proper ideal of R is serial, if and only if, either R is a serial ring, or R is a local ring with maximal ideal \({\mathcal {M}}\) such that there exist a uniserial module U and a semisimple module T with \({\mathcal {M}}=U\oplus T\). Moreover, in the latter case, every proper ideal of R is isomorphic to \(U^{\prime }\oplus T^{\prime }\), for some \(U^{\prime }\leq U\) and \(T^{\prime }\leq T\). Furthermore, it is shown that every proper ideal of a commutative Noetherian ring R is serial, if and only if, either R is a finite direct product of discrete valuation domains and local Artinian principal ideal rings, or R is a local ring with maximal ideal \({\mathcal {M}}\) containing a set of elements {w ₁,…,w _n } such that \({\mathcal {M}}=\bigoplus _{i=1}^{n} Rw_{i}\) with at most one non-simple summand. Moreover, another equivalent condition states that: there exists an integer n ≥ 1 such that every proper ideal of R is a direct sum of at most n uniserial R-modules. Finally, we discuss some examples to illustrate our results.     

Valuations, equimultiplicity and normal flatness

Let R be a regular noetherian local ring of dimension n≥2 and (R_i)≡R=R₀⊂R₁⊂R₂⊂?⊂R_i⊂? be a sequence of successive quadratic transforms along a regular prime ideal p of R (i.e if p_i is the strict transform of p in R_i, then p_i≠R_i, i≥0). We say that p is maximal for (R_i) if for every non-negative integer j≥0 and for every prime ideal q_j of R_j such that (R_i) is a quadratic sequence along q_j with p_j⊂q_j, we have p_j=q_j. We show that p is maximal for (R_i) if and only if V=∪_i≥0R_i/p_i is a valuation ring of dimension one. In this case, the equimultiple locus at p is the set of elements of the maximal ideal of R for which the multiplicity is stable along the sequence (R_i), provided that the series of real numbers given by the multiplicity sequence associated with V diverges. Furthermore, if we consider an ideal J of R, we also show that is normally flat along at the closed point if and only if the Hironaka’s character ν^∗(J,R) is stable along the sequence (R_i). This generalizes well known results for the case where p has height one (see [B.M. Bennett, On the characteristic functions of a local ring, Ann. of Math. Second Series 91 (1) (1970) 25-87]).     

On ideals whose adic and symbolic topologies are linearly equivalent

Ideals whose adic and symbolic topologies are linearly equivalent are characterized in terms of analytic spread and u-essential prime divisors. Using this characterization, under certain conditions on a Noetherian ring R and an ideal I of R it is shown that the I-adic and the I-symbolic topologies are linearly equivalent iff gr(I,R)_red is a domain, and locally unmixed rings are characterized as those rings in which the adic and the symbolic topologies of every ideal of the principal class are linearly equivalent.