Strongly J-Clean Matrices Over Local Rings

An element of a ring is called strongly J-clean provided that it can be written as the sum of an idempotent and an element in its Jacobson radical that commute. We investigate, in this article, a single strongly J-clean 2 × 2 matrix over a noncommutative local ring. The criteria on strong J-cleanness of 2 × 2 matrices in terms of a quadratic equation are given. These extend the corresponding results in [8 Li , B. ( 2009 ). Strongly clean matrix rings over noncommutative local rings . Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 46 : 71 – 78 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Theorems 2.7 and 3.2], [9 Li , Y. ( 2007 ). Strongly clean matrix rings over local rings . J. Algebra 312 : 397 – 404 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Theorem 2.6], and [11 Yang , X. , Zhou , Y. ( 2008 ). Strongly cleanness of the 2 × 2 matrix ring over a general local ring . J. Algebra 320 : 2280 – 2290 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Theorem 7].     

Note on Conic Bundles over Henselian Discrete Valued Fields with Real Closed Residue Field

ABSTRACT

Let ? be a complete set of Sylow subgroups of a finite group G, that is, ? contains exactly one and only one Sylow p-subgroup of G for each prime p. A subgroup H of a finite group G is said to be ?-permutable if H permutes with every member of ?. The purpose of this article is to study the influence of ?-permutability of all maximal subgroups of the Sylow subgroups of the generalized Fitting subgroup of some normal subgroup of a finite group G on the structure of G. Our results improve and extend the main results of Asaad (1998 Asaad , M. ( 1998 ). On maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups of finite groups . Comm. Algebra 26 ( 11 ): 3647 – 3652 . [CSA] [Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), Asaad and Heliel (2003 Asaad , M. , Heliel , A. A. ( 2003 ). On permutable subgroups of finite groups . Arch. Math. 80 : 113 – 118 . [CROSSREF] [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), Asaad et al. (1991 Asaad , M. , Ramadan , M. , Shaalan , A. ( 1991 ). Influence of π-quasinormality on maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups of Fitting subgroup of a finite group . Arch. Math. 56 : 521 – 527 . [CROSSREF] [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), Li et al. (2003 Li , Y. , Wang , Y. , Wei , H. ( 2003 ). The influence of π-quasinormality of maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups of a finite group . Arch. Math. 81 ( 3 ): 245 – 252 . [CROSSREF] [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), Ramadan (1992 Ramadan , M. ( 1992 ). Influence of normality on maximal subgroups of Sylow subgroups of a finite group . Acta Math. Hungar. 59 ( 1–2 ): 107 – 110 . [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), and Srinivasan (1980 Srinivasan , S. ( 1980 ). Two sufficient conditions for supersolvability of finite groups . Israel J. Math. 35 : 210 – 214 . [CSA] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]).     

Supercharacter Theory Constructions Corresponding to Schur Ring Products

Diaconis and Isaacs have defined the supercharacter theories of a finite group to be certain approximations to the ordinary character theory of the group [7 Diaconis , P. , Isaacs , I. M. ( 2008 ). Supercharacters and superclasses for algebra groups . Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 360 : 2359 – 2392 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]. We make explicit the connection between supercharacter theories and Schur rings, and we provide supercharacter theory constructions which correspond to Schur ring products of Leung and Man [12 Leung , K. H. , Man , S. H. ( 1996 ). On Schur rings over cyclic groups, II . J. Algebra 183 : 273 – 285 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], Hirasaka and Muzychuk [10 Hirasaka , M. , Muzychuk , M. ( 2001 ). An elementary abelian group of rank 4 is a CI-group . J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 94 : 339 – 362 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], and Tamaschke [20 Tamaschke , O. ( 1970 ). On Schur-rings which define a proper character theory on finite groups . Math. Z. 117 : 340 – 360 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]].     

A note on some structure theorems of modules in category 0

ABSTRACT

Using the local subgroup strategy of An and O'Brien (1997 An , J. , O'Brien , E. A. ( 1997 ). A local strategy to decide the Alperin and Dade conjectures . J. Alg. 189 : 34 – 57 . [CROSSREF] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), An and O'Brien (1999 An , J. , O'Brien , E. A. ( 1999 ). The Alperin and Dade conjectures for the Fischer simple group Fi₂₃ . Internat. J. Alg. Comput. 9 : 621 – 670 . [CROSSREF] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), we classify the radical subgroups and chains of the Fischer simple group Fi ₂₂ and verify the Alperin weight conjecture and the Uno reductive conjecture for this group; the latter is a refinement of the Dade reductive and Isaacs–Navarro conjectures.

     

Dominance and Transmissions in Supertropical Valuation Theory

This article is a sequel of [4 Izhakian , Z. , Knebusch , M. , Rowen , L. ( 2011 ). Supertropical semirings and supervaluations . J. Pure and Applied Alg. 215 ( 10 ): 2431 – 2463 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], where we defined supervaluations on a commutative semiring R and studied a dominance relation ? ≥ ψ between supervaluations ? and ψ on R, aiming at an enrichment of the algebraic tool box for use in tropical geometry.

A supervaluation ?: R → U is a multiplicative map from R to a supertropical semiring U, cf. [4 Izhakian , Z. , Knebusch , M. , Rowen , L. ( 2011 ). Supertropical semirings and supervaluations . J. Pure and Applied Alg. 215 ( 10 ): 2431 – 2463 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], [7 Izhakian , Z. , Rowen , L. ( 2011 ). Supertropical matrix algebra . Israel J. Math. 182 ( 1 ): 383 – 424 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], [8 Izhakian , Z. , Rowen , L. ( 2010 ). Supertropical polynomials and resultants . J. Alg. 324 : 1860 – 1886 . (Preprint at arXiv:0902.2155.) [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], [5 Izhakian , Z. , Knebusch , M. , Rowen , L. Supertropical monoids: Basics and canonical factorization . Preprint at arXiv:1108.1880 . [Google Scholar]], [9 Maclane , S. ( 1998 ). Categories for the Working Mathemtician. , 4th ed. Springer Vereag . [Google Scholar]], with further properties, which mean that ? is a sort of refinement, or covering, of an m-valuation (= monoid valuation) v: R → M. In the most important case, that R is a ring, m-valuations constitute a mild generalization of valuations in the sense of Bourbaki [1 Bourbaki , N. Algèbre Commutative VI, §3 No. 1 . [Google Scholar]], while ? ≥ ψ means that ψ: R → V is a sort of coarsening of the supervaluation ?. If ?(R) generates the semiring U, then ? ≥ ψ iff there exists a “transmission” α: U → V with ψ = α ○ ?.

Transmissions are multiplicative maps with further properties, cf. [4 Izhakian , Z. , Knebusch , M. , Rowen , L. ( 2011 ). Supertropical semirings and supervaluations . J. Pure and Applied Alg. 215 ( 10 ): 2431 – 2463 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Section 5]. Every semiring homomorphism α: U → V is a transmission, but there are others which lack additivity, and this causes a major difficulty. In the main body of the article we study surjective transmissions via equivalence relations on supertropical semirings. We put special emphasis on homomorphic equivalence relations. Even those are often much more complicated than congruences by ideals in usual commutative algebra.     

Rank Properties of the Semigroup of Singular Transformations on a Finite Set

It is known that the semigroup Sing _n of all singular self-maps of X _n  = {1,2,…, n} has rank n(n ? 1)/2. The idempotent rank, defined as the smallest number of idempotents generating Sing _n , has the same value as the rank. (See Gomes and Howie, 1987 Gomes , G. M. S. , Howie , J. M. ( 1987 ). On the rank of certain finite semigroups of transformations . Math. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 101 : 395 – 303 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar].) Idempotents generating Sing _n can be seen as special cases (with m = r = 2) of (m, r)-path-cycles, as defined in Ay\i k et al. (2005 Ay?k , G. , Ay?k , H. , Howie , J. M. ( 2005 ). On factorisations and generators in transformation semigroups . Semigroup Forum 70 : 225 – 237 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). The object of this article is to show that, for fixed m and r, the (m, r)-rank of Sing _n , defined as the smallest number of (m, r)-path-cycles generating Sing _n , is once again n(n ? 1)/2.     

Derived Representation Type of Schur Superalgebras

In this note we extend the results of Bekkert and Futorny in [2 Bekkert , V. , Futorny , V. ( 2003 ). Derived categories of Schur algebras . Comm. Alg. 31 : 1799 – 1822 .[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] and Hemmer, Kujawa and Nakano in [10 Hemmer , D. J. , Kujawa , J. , Nakano , D. K. ( 2006 ). Representation types of Schur superalgebras . J. Group Theory 9 : 283 – 306 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] and determine the derived representation type of Schur superalgebras.     

SOME CENTRALITY RESULTS NEW AND OLD

We prove a number of results on betweenness and closeness centrality and centralization. In particular, we prove the much used normalization expression for closeness centrality first given by Freeman (1979) Freeman, L. C. 1979. Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification. Social Networks, 1: 215–239. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], correcting an error in the justification given in his paper. We explore the relationship between betweenness and the cutting number and use these results to prove and correct some centrality and centralization formulae first proposed by Borgatti and Everett (1997) Borgatti, S. P. and Everett, M. G. 1997. Network analysis of 2-mode data. Social Networks, 19: 243–269. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar].     

The infinitesimal and the little q-Schur superalgebras

In this paper, based on the results in [8 Du, J., Gu, H.-X. (2014). A realization of the quantum supergroup U(𝔤𝔩_m|n). J. Algebra 404:60–99.[Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] we give a monomial basis for q-Schur superalgebra and then a presentation for it. The presentation is different from that in [12 El Turkey, H., Kujawa, J. (2012). Presenting Schur superalgebras. Pacific J. Math., 262(2):285–316.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]. Imitating [3 Cox, A. G. (1997). On some applications of infinitesimal methods to quantum groups and related algebras. Ph.D. Thesis. University of London. [Google Scholar]] and [7 Du, J., Fu, Q., Wang, J.-P. (2005). Infinitesimal quantum 𝔤𝔩_n and little q-Schur algebras. J. Algebra 287:199–233.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], we define the infinitesimal and the little q-Schur superalgebras. We give a “weight idempotent presentation” for infinitesimal q-Schur superalgebras. The BLM bases and monomial bases of little q-Schur superalgebras are obtained, and dimension formulas of infinitesimal and little q-Schur superalgebras are deduced.     

Certain Cyclically Presented Groups with the Same Polynomial

We consider three infinite families of cyclic presentations of groups, depending on a finite set of integers and having the same polynomial. Then we prove that the corresponding groups with the same parameters are isomorphic, and that the groups are almost all infinite. Finally, we completely compute the maximal Abelian quotients of such groups, and show that their HNN extensions are high-dimensional knot groups. Our results contain as particular cases the main theorems obtained in two nice articles: Johnson et al. (1999 Johnson , D. L. , Kim , A. C. , O'Brien , E. A. ( 1999 ). Certain cyclically presented groups are isomorphic . Comm. Algebra 27 ( 7 ): 3531 – 3536 . [CSA] [Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) and Havas et al. (2001 Havas , G. , Holt , D. F. , Newman , M. F. ( 2001 ). Certain cyclically presented groups are infinite . Comm. Algebra 29 ( 11 ): 5175 – 5178 . [CSA] [CROSSREF] [Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]).     

Continuous Cohomology of Permutation Groups on Profinite Modules

ABSTRACT

Model theorists have made use of low-dimensional continuous cohomology of infinite permutation groups on profinite modules, see Ahlbrandt and Ziegler (1991 Ahlbrandt , G. , Ziegler , M. ( 1991 ). What's so special about (?/4?)^ω? Archive for Math. Logic 31 : 115 – 132 . [CSA] [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]), Evans (1997b Evans , D. M. ( 1997b ). Computation of first cohomology groups of finite covers . J. Algebra 193 : 214 – 238 . [CSA] [CROSSREF] [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), Evans et al. (1997 Evans , D. M. , Ivanov , A. A. , Macpherson , H. D. ( 1997 ). Finite covers . In: Evans , D. M. , ed. Model Theory of Groups and Automorphism Groups . London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes 244 . Cambridge : Cambridge Univ Press , pp. 1 – 72 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]), and Hodges and Pillay (1994 Hodges , W. , Pillay , A. ( 1994 ). Cohomology of structures and some problems of Ahlbrandt and Ziegler . J. London Math. Soc. 50 ( 2 ): 1 – 16 . [CSA] [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]), for example. We expand the module category in order to widen the cohomological toolkit. For an important class of groups we use these tools to establish criteria for finiteness of cohomology.     

F-Monoids

A semigroup S is called F-monoid if S has an identity and if there exists a group congruence ρ on S such that each ρ-class of S contains a greatest element with respect to the natural partial order of S (see Mitsch, 1986 Mitsch , H. ( 1986 ). A natural partial order for semigroups . Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 97 : 384 – 388 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). Generalizing results given in Giraldes et al. (2004 Giraldes , E. , Marques-Smith , P. , Mitsch , H. ( 2004 ). F-regular semigroups . J. Algebra 274 : 491 – 510 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) and specializing some of Giraldes et al. (Submitted Giraldes , E. , Marques-Smith , P. , Mitsch , H. F-semigroups. Submitted . [Google Scholar]) five characterizations of such monoids S are provided. Three unary operations “?”, “○”, and “ ? ” on S defined by means of the greatest elements in the different ρ-classes of S are studied. Using their properties a charaterization of F-monoids S by their regular part S° = {a°|a ? S} and the associates of elements in S° is given. Under the hypothesis that S ^? = {a ^?|a ? S} is a subsemigroup it is shown that S is regular, whence of a known structure (see Giraldes et al., 2004 Giraldes , E. , Marques-Smith , P. , Mitsch , H. ( 2004 ). F-regular semigroups . J. Algebra 274 : 491 – 510 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]).     

A new family of set-theoretic solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation

A new family of non-degenerate involutive set-theoretic solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation is constructed. Two subfamilies, consisting of irretractable square-free solutions, are new counterexamples to Gateva-Ivanova’s Strong Conjecture [7 Gateva-Ivanova, T. (2004). A combinatorial approach to the set-theoretic solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation. J. Math. Phys. 45(10):3828–3858.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]. They are in addition to those obtained by Vendramin [15 Vendramin, L. (2016). Extensions of set-theoretic solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation and a conjecture of Gateva-Ivanova. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 220:2064–2076.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] and [1 Bachiller, D., Cedó, F., Jespers, E., Okniński, J. (2017). A family of irretractable square-free solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation. Forum Math. (to appear). [Google Scholar]].     

Corrigendum to: “Clifford Theory of a Finite Group that Contains a Defect 0 p-Block of a Normal Subgroup”

At some point, after publication, the author realized that the proof of [3 Harris, M. E. (2013). Clifford theory of a finite group that contains a defect 0 p-block of a normal subgroup. Comm. in Alg. 41:3509–3540.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Theorem 5.2] is incorrect. This proof incorrectly adapts the proof of [1 Broué, M. (1990). Isométries parfaites, types de blocs, cégories dérivees. Aérisque 181–182:61–92. [Google Scholar], Theorem 4.8] since [3 Harris, M. E. (2013). Clifford theory of a finite group that contains a defect 0 p-block of a normal subgroup. Comm. in Alg. 41:3509–3540.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], (5.5)] is incorrect. Using the same proof outline, we correct the proof of [3 Harris, M. E. (2013). Clifford theory of a finite group that contains a defect 0 p-block of a normal subgroup. Comm. in Alg. 41:3509–3540.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Theorem 5.2].     

Solvable Permutation Groups and Orbits on Power Sets

We consider the class ? of finitely generated toral relatively hyperbolic groups. We show that groups from ? are commutative transitive and generalize a theorem proved by Benjamin Baumslag in [3 Baumslag, B. (1967). Residually free groups. Prceedings of the London Mathematical Society 17(3):402–418.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]] to this class. We also discuss two definitions of (fully) residually-𝒞 groups, i.e., the classical Definition 1.1 and a modified Definition 1.4. Building upon results obtained by Ol'shanskii [18 Ol'shanskii, A. Yu. (1993). On residualing homomorphisms and G-subgroups of hyperbolic groups. International Journal of Algebra Computation 3:365–409.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]] and Osin [22 Osin, D. V. (2010). Small cancellations over relatively hyperbolic groups and embedding theorems. Annals of mathematics 172:1–39.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], we prove the equivalence of the two definitions for 𝒞 = ?. This is a generalization of the similar result obtained by Ol'shanskii for 𝒞 being the class of torsion-free hyperbolic groups. Let Γ ∈ ? be non-abelian and non-elementary. Kharlampovich and Miasnikov proved in [14 Kharlampovich, O., Myasnikov, A. (2012). Limits of relatively hyperbolic groups and Lyndon's completions. Journal of the European Math. Soc. 14:659–680.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] that a finitely generated fully residually-Γ group G embeds into an iterated extension of centralizers of Γ. We deduce from their theorem that every finitely generated fully residually-Γ group embeds into a group from ?. On the other hand, we give an example of a finitely generated torsion-free fully residually-? group that does not embed into a group from ?; ? is the class of hyperbolic groups.     

A Note on Dimension Modules

In [2 Camillo , V. P. , Zelmanowitz , J. M. ( 1980 ). Dimension modules . Pacific J. Math. 91 : 249 – 261 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] Camillo and Zelmanowitz stated that rings all whose modules are dimension modules are semisimple Artinian. It seem however that the proof in [2 Camillo , V. P. , Zelmanowitz , J. M. ( 1980 ). Dimension modules . Pacific J. Math. 91 : 249 – 261 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] contains a gap and applies to rings with finite Goldie dimension only. In this paper we show that the result indeed holds for all rings with a basis as well as for all commutative rings with Goldie dimension attained.     

Erratum to “On α-DICC modules” Commun. Algebra. 22(6):1933–1944 (1994)

We give a correct statement for [2 Karamzadeh, O. A. S., Motamedi, M. (1994). On α-DICC modules. Commun. Algebra 22(6):1933–1944.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Proposition 1.2]. However, this new form of the proposition needs no different proof from that of [2 Karamzadeh, O. A. S., Motamedi, M. (1994). On α-DICC modules. Commun. Algebra 22(6):1933–1944.[Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Proposition 1.2].     

Virtually Biautomatic Groups

We introduce virtually biautomatic groups (groups with finite index biautomatic subgroups) and generalize results of Gersten and Short [3 Gersten , S. , Short , H. ( 1991 ). Rational subgroups of biautomatic groups . Annals of Mathematics 134 : 125 – 128 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] and Mosher [5 Mosher , L. ( 1997 ). Central quotients of biautomatic groups . Comment. Math. Helv. 72 ( 1 ): 16 – 29 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] on centralizers, normalizers, and quotients to virtually biautomatic groups.     

Central Extensions and Derivations of the Lie Algebras of Skew Derivations for the Quantum Torus

ABSTRACT

In this article, we study the central extensions and derivations of the Lie algebra of skew derivations for the quantum torus. The results of the article generalize those obtained in Jiang and Meng (1998a Jiang , C. , Meng , D. ( 1998a ). The derivation algebra of the associative algebra C _q [X, Y, X ^?1, Y ^?1] . Comm. Algebra 26 : 1723 – 1736 . [CSA] [Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar] b Jiang , C. , Meng , D. ( 1998b ). The automorphism group of the derivation algebra of the Virasoro-like algebra . Adv. Math. (China) 27 : 175 – 183 . [CSA]  [Google Scholar]) and Kirkman et al. (1994 Kirkman , E. , Procesi , C. , Small , L. ( 1994 ). A q-analog for the Virasoro algebra . Comm. Algebra 22 : 3755 – 3774 . [CSA] [Taylor &; Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]).     

Graded Left Symmetric Pseudo-algebras

In the present article, we introduce G-graded left symmetric H-pseudoalgebras, where G is a grading group, and H is a cocommutative Hopf algebra. Some results about associative H-pseudoalgebras in [23 Retakh , A. ( 2004 ). Unital associative pseudoalgebras and their representations . J. Algebra 227 : 769 – 805 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]] are generalized. The commutator algebras of the G-graded left symmetric H-pseudo-algebras are Lie H-pseudoalgebras, which are classified when the grading group is trivial in [3 Bakalov , B. , D'Andrea , A. , Kac , V. G. ( 2001 ). Theory of finite pseudoalgebras . Adv. in Math. 162 : 1 – 140 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]]. We investigate the left symmetric structure of Lie H-pseudoalgebras W(𝔟), S(𝔟), and He defined in [3 Bakalov , B. , D'Andrea , A. , Kac , V. G. ( 2001 ). Theory of finite pseudoalgebras . Adv. in Math. 162 : 1 – 140 .[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]].