A note on the existence of non-cyclic free subgroups in division rings

A division ring D is said to be weakly locally finite if for every finite subset ${S \subset D}$ , the division subring of D generated by S is centrally finite. It is known that the class of weakly locally finite division rings strictly contains the class of locally finite division rings. In this note we prove that every non-central subnormal subgroup of the multiplicative group of a weakly locally finite division ring contains a non-cyclic free subgroup. This generalizes the previous result by Gonçalves for centrally finite division rings.     

Membership of A ∨ G for classes of finite weakly abundant semigroups

We consider the question of membership of A ∨ G, where A and G are the pseudovarieties of finite aperiodic semigroups, and finite groups, respectively. We find a straightforward criterion for a semigroup S lying in a class of finite semigroups that are weakly abundant, to be in A ∨ G. The class of weakly abundant semigroups contains the class of regular semigroups, but is much more extensive; we remark that any finite monoid with semilattice of idempotents is weakly abundant. To study such semigroups we develop a number of techniques that may be of interest in their own right.     

Finite rings in which commutativity is transitive

A ring is called commutative transitive if commutativity is a transitive relation on its nonzero elements. Likewise, it is weakly commutative transitive (wCT) if commutativity is a transitive relation on its noncentral elements. The main topic of this paper is to describe the structure of finite wCT rings. It is shown that every such ring is a direct sum of an indecomposable noncommutative wCT ring of prime power order, and a commutative ring. Furthermore, finite indecomposable wCT rings are either two-by-two matrices over fields, local rings, or basic rings with two maximal ideals. We characterize finite local rings as generalized skew polynomial rings over coefficient Galois rings; the associated automorphisms of the Galois ring give rise to a signature of the local ring. These are then used to further describe the structure of finite local and wCT basic rings.     

Weakly Special Classes of Semiprime Rings

This paper investigates closure properties possessed by certain classes of finite subdirect products of prime rings. If ℳ is a special class of prime rings then the class ℳ_∞ of all finite subdirect products of rings in ℳ is shown to be weakly special. A ring S is said to be a right tight extension [resp. tight extension] of a subring R if every nonzero right ideal [resp. right ideal and left ideal] of S meets R nontrivially. Every hereditary class of semiprime rings closed under tight extensions is weakly special. Each of the following conditions imposed on a semiprime ring yields a hereditary class closed under right tight extensions: ACC on right annihilators; finite right Goldie dimension; right Goldie. The class of all finite subdirect products of uniformly strongly prime rings is shown to be closed under tight extensions, answering a published question. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

A Class of Auslander-Regular Macaulay Rings

Abstract

For a (left and right) noetherian semilocal ring R we analyse a regularity concept (called weak regularity) based on the equation gld R = dim R. Examples are regular Cohen-Macaulay orders over a regular local ring, localized enveloping algebras of finite dimensional Lie algebras, and the regular rings classified in Rump (2001b). We prove that weakly regular rings are Auslander-regular and Macaulay.     

Finite conductor rings

We extend the definition of a finite conductor domain to rings with zero divisors, and develop a theory of these rings which allows us, among other things, to provide examples of non-coherent finite conductor domains, and to clarify the behavior of non-coherent polynomial rings, group rings and fixed rings over coherent rings.

     

Arithmetic of Mori domains and monoids

In this paper we introduce weakly C-monoids as a new class of v-noetherian monoids. Weakly C-monoids generalize C-monoids and make it possible to study multiplicative properties of a wide class of Mori domains, e.g., rings of generalized power series with coefficients in a field and exponents in a finitely generated monoid. The main goal of the paper is to study the question when a weakly C-monoid is locally tame. After having proved a classification theorem for local tameness, we use it to show that every locally tame weakly C-monoid whose complete integral closure has finite class group has finite catenary degree and finite set of distances.     

COMMUTATIVE RINGS WITH FINITE QUOTIENT FIELDS

Abstract

We consider the class of all commutative reduced rings for which there exists a finite subset T ? A such that all projections on quotients by prime ideals of A are surjective when restricted to T. A complete structure theorem is given for this class of rings,and it is studied its relation with other finiteness conditions on the quotients of a ring over its prime ideals.     

Reversibility of Rings with Respect to the Jacobson Radical

Let R be a ring with identity and J(R) denote the Jacobson radical of R. A ring R is called J-reversible if for any a, \(b \in R\), \(ab = 0\) implies \(ba \in J(R)\). In this paper, we give some properties of J-reversible rings. We prove that some results of reversible rings can be extended to J-reversible rings for this general setting. We show that J-quasipolar rings, local rings, semicommutative rings, central reversible rings and weakly reversible rings are J-reversible. As an application it is shown that every J-clean ring is directly finite.     

Boolean Metric Spaces and Boolean Algebraic Varieties

Abstract

The concepts of Boolean metric space and convex combination are used to characterize polynomial maps A ⁿ ?→?A ^m in a class of commutative Von Neumann regular rings including p-rings, that we have called CFG-rings. In those rings, the study of the category of algebraic varieties (i.e., sets of solutions to a finite number of polynomial equations with polynomial maps as morphisms) is equivalent to the study of a class of Boolean metric spaces, that we call here CFG-spaces.     

Weakly left localizable rings

A new class of rings, the class of weakly left localizable rings, is introduced. A ring R is called weakly left localizable if each non-nilpotent element of R is invertible in some left localization S^?1R of the ring R. Explicit criteria are given for a ring to be a weakly left localizable ring provided the ring has only finitely many maximal left denominator sets (eg, this is the case for all left Noetherian rings). It is proved that a ring with finitely many maximal left denominator sets that satisfies some natural conditions is a weakly left localizable ring iff its left quotient ring is a direct product of finitely many local rings such that their radicals are nil ideals.     

Weakly central-vertex complete graphs with applications to commutative rings

The zero-divisor graph of a commutative ring R is the graph whose vertices consist of the nonzero zero-divisors of R such that distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if xy=0. In this paper, a decomposition theorem is provided to describe weakly central-vertex complete graphs of radius 1. This characterization is then applied to the class of zero-divisor graphs of commutative rings. For finite commutative rings whose zero-divisor graphs are not isomorphic to that of Z₄[X]/(X²), it is shown that weak central-vertex completeness is equivalent to the annihilator condition. Furthermore, a schema for describing zero-divisor graphs of radius 1 is provided.     

Weakly semisimple modulesand density theory

The objective of this article is to describe the theory of a class of semiprime rings which bear the same relationship to weakly primitive rings that semiprimitive rings have to primitive rings. In this theory, the role of semisimple modules is assumed by modules which are locally finite dimen- sional, polyform and weakly compressible.     

Finite rings in which commutativity is transitive

A ring is called commutative transitive if commutativity is a transitive relation on its nonzero elements. Likewise, it is weakly commutative transitive (wCT) if commutativity is a transitive relation on its noncentral elements. The main topic of this paper is to describe the structure of finite wCT rings. It is shown that every such ring is a direct sum of an indecomposable noncommutative wCT ring of prime power order, and a commutative ring. Furthermore, finite indecomposable wCT rings are either two-by-two matrices over fields, local rings, or basic rings with two maximal ideals. We characterize finite local rings as generalized skew polynomial rings over coefficient Galois rings; the associated automorphisms of the Galois ring give rise to a signature of the local ring. These are then used to further describe the structure of finite local and wCT basic rings.     

GORENSTEIN MODULES,FINITE INDEX,AND FINITE COHEN–MACAULAY TYPE

ABSTRACT

A Gorenstein module over a local ring R is a maximal Cohen–Macaulay module of finite injective dimension. We use existence of Gorenstein modules to extend a result due to S. Ding: A Cohen–Macaulay ring of finite index, with a Gorenstein module, is Gorenstein on the punctured spectrum. We use this to show that a Cohen–Macaulay local ring of finite Cohen–Macaulay type is Gorenstein on the punctured spectrum. Finally, we show that for a large class of rings (including all excellent rings), the Gorenstein locus of a finitely generated module is an open set in the Zariski topology.     

Orders in regular rings with minimal condition for principal right ideals

ABSTRACT

A ring R is called an n-clean (resp. Σ-clean) ring if every element in R is n-clean (resp. Σ-clean). Clean rings are 1-clean and hence are Σ-clean. An example shows that there exists a 2-clean ring that is not clean. This shows that Σ-clean rings are a proper generalization of clean rings. The group ring ?_(p) G with G a cyclic group of order 3 is proved to be Σ-clean. The m× m matrix ring M _m (R) over an n-clean ring is n-clean, and the m×m (m>1) matrix ring M _m (R) over any ring is Σ-clean. Additionally, rings satisfying a weakly unit 1-stable range were introduced. Rings satisfying weakly unit 1-stable range are left-right symmetric and are generalizations of abelian π-regular rings, abelian clean rings, and rings satisfying unit 1-stable range. A ring R satisfies a weakly unit 1-stable range if and only if whenever a ₁ R + ˙˙˙ a _m R = dR, with m ≥ 2, a ₁,…, a _m, d ∈ R, there exist u ₁ ∈ U(R) and u ₂,…, u _m ∈ W(R) such that a ₁ u ₁ + ? a _m u _m = Rd.     

Weakly dual automorphism invariant and superfluous cotightness

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to introduce and study the dual concepts of weakly automorphism invariant modules and essential tightness. These notions are non-trivial generalizations of both weakly projectivity, dual automorphism invariant property and cotightness. We obtain certain relations between weakly projective modules, weakly dual automorphism invariant modules and superfluous cotight modules. It is proved that: (1) for right perfect rings, every module is a direct summand of a weakly dual automorphism invariant module and (2) weakly dual automorphism invariant modules are precisely superfluous cotight modules.     

FP-Injective and Weakly Quasi-Frobenius Rings

The classes of FP-injective and weakly quasi-Frobenius rings are investigated. The properties of both classes of rings are closely related to the embedding of finitely presented modules in fp-flat and free modules, respectively. Using these properties, we characterize the classes of coherent CF- and FGF-rings. Moreover, it is proved that the group ring R(G) is FP-injective (weakly quasi-Frobenius, respectively) if and only if the ring R is FP-injective (weakly quasi-Frobenius) and G is locally finite. Bibliography: 15 titles.     

Comultiplication submodules of multiplication modules

Abstract

All rings are commutative with identity, and all modules are unital. The purpose of this work is to investigate comultiplication submodules of multiplication modules. Various properties of this class of submodules are considered. Sufficient conditions for the sum and intersection of a finite collection of comultiplication submodules to be a comultiplication submodule are also given.     

WEAKLY CONTINUOUS AND C2-RINGS

A ring R is called right weakly continuous if the right annihilator of each element is essential in a summand of R, and R satisfies the right C2-condition (every right ideal that is isomorphic to a direct summand of R is itself a direct summand). We show that a ring R is right weakly continuous if and only if it is semiregular and J(R) = Z(R _R ). Unlike right continuous rings, these right weakly continuous rings form a Morita invariant class. The rings satisfying the right C2-condition are studied and used to investigate two conjectures about strongly right Johns rings and right FGF-rings and their relation to quasi-Frobenius rings.