UNITS AND ISOMORPHISM IN GROUP RINGS

Abstract

In this brief note, we are concerned with two problems. First we study the units of RG when R is commutative and G is right-ordered. Earlier results of the author and also of Karpilovsky are improved. Secondly, we show that if R and S are P. I. D.'s which do not contain fields and R>x< = S>x<, then R = S.     

RADICALS OF STRUCTURAL MATRIX RINGS

The concept of a structural matrix ring was introduced by van Wyk [8]. In [9] certain radicals of these matrix rings are studied. The purpose of this paper is to obtain similar results for a wider class of radicals.     

STRONGLY PRIME GROUP RINGS

Abstract

A ring R is (right) strongly prime (SP) if every nonzero two sided ideal contains a finite set whose right annihilator is zero, SP rings have been studied by Handelman and Lawrence who raised the problem of characterizing SP group algebras. They showed that if R is SP and G is torsion free Abelian, then the group ring RG is SP. The aim of this note is to determine some more group rings which are SP.

For a ring R we also define the strongly prime radical s(R). We then show that s(R)G = s(W) for certain classes of groups.     

ON A CLASSIFICATION OF PRIME RINGS

Abstract

We formalize the adjunction of maps of localized nilpotent spaces of the homotopy type of CW-complexes. Using the semilocalization theory of M. Bendersky, in which only the higher homotopy groups are localized, we obtain an adjunction theorem with fewer nilpotency conditions on the spaces. The two main theorems are in the form of a theorem on maps of triads by J. P. May.     

THE MAXIMAL LEFT QUOTIENT RINGS OF ALTERNATIVE RINGS

ABSTRACT

We study the notion of a (general) left quotient ring of an alternative ring and show the existence of a maximal left quotient ring for every alternative ring that is a left quotient ring of itself.     

GRADED RINGS OF LOCAL FINITE REPRESENTATION TYPE

Abstract

Graded Artin algebras whose category of graded modules is locally of finite representation type are introduced. The representation theory of such algebras is studied. In the hereditary case and in the stably equivalent to hereditary case, such algebras are classified.     

ON SOME PROPERTIES OF IF RINGS

Abstract

We show that left IF rings (rings such that every injective left module is flat) have certain regular-like properties. For instance, we prove that every left IF reduced ring is strongly regular. We also give characterizations of (left and right) IF rings. In particular, we show that a ring R is IF if and only if every finitely generated left (and right) ideal is the annihilator of a finite subset of R.     

ON SOME SPECIAL CLASSES OF PRIME RINGS

Abstract

Given a non-zero cardinal α, a ring R is said to be SP(α) if a is the first cardinal for which every non-zero element of R has an insulator of cardinality less than α + 1.

It is shown that the class of SP(α) rings is a special class (in the sense of Andrunakievi?) for each α. A theorem of Groenewald and Heyman (also Desale and Varadarajan) to the effect that the class of all strongly prime rings is a special class is obtained as a corollary. Every SP(α) ring has an SP(α) rational extension ring with identity.     

TORSION-FREE ABELIAN GROUPS WITH FINITE RANK ENDOMORPHISM RINGS

Abstract

We show that if A and C are torsion-free abelian groups with ∩{ker f|f: A → C} = 0 = ∩{ker g|g: C → A}, and if A has a left Artinian quasi-endomorphism ring then A and C share a nonzero quasi-summand. Some consequences explored.     

THE ADDITIVE GROUPS OF RINGS WITH TOTALLY ORDERED LATTICE OF IDEALS

The object of this paper is to describe the additive groups of rings R satisfying the following condition: For any two ideals A,B in R either A u B, or B u A. Such rings will be called TOLI rings. The rings considered here are not necessarily associative or with identity.     

REGULARITIES AND SUBDIRECT PRODUCTS OF RINGS

Abstract

Structure theorems are obtained for certain radical classes of rings (including the Brown-McCoy radical class, the class of λ-rings, the class of E ₅-rings, the class of E ₆-rings and the class of f-regular rings) by generalizing the concept of a prime ideal.     

ON ANTISIMPLE GAMMA RINGS

ABSTRACT

In this note, we define the antisimple radical, A(M), of a Γ-ring M. A(M) is shown to be a special radical, and two characterizations of antisimple rings due to Szész are extended to Γ-rings. If R is the right operator ring of M, then A(R)* = A(M), where A(R) is the antisimple radical of R. If m,n are positive integers, then A(M_mn) = (A(M))_mn, where M_mn denotes the group m x n matrices over M, considered as a Γ_nm -ring with the operations of matrix addition and multiplication.     

On the second differentiability of convex surfaces

Properties of pointwise second differentiability of real-valued convex functions in ⁿ are studied. Some proofs of the Busemann-Feller-Aleksandrov theorem are reviewed and a new proof of this theorem is presented.     

ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE JACOBSON RADICAL OF GRADED RINGS

Abstract

We introduce a new large class of semigroups S including all locally finite, completely regular and strongly π-regular linear semigroups. For any semigroup S in the class and any S-graded ring R, the structure of the Jacobson radical of R is reduced to the radicals of subrings graded by the maximal subgroups of S. Many results on radicals follow from this reduction in a unified way. In two special cases the reduction is simplified.     

A NOTE ON POLYNOMIAL RINGS OVER VON NEUMANN REGULAR RINGS

Abstract

Let R be an associative ring with 1. It is well known (see [1], [2]) that if R is commutative, then R is Yon Neumann regular (VNR) <=> the polynomial ring S = R[x] is semihereditary. While one of these implications is true in the general case, it is known that a polynomial ring over a regular ring need not be semihereditary (see [3]). In [4] we showed that a ring R is VNR <=> aS + xS is projective for each a ε R. In this note we sharpen this result and use it to show that if c is the ring epimorphism from R[x] to R that maps each polynomial onto its constant term, then R is Yon Neumann regular <=> the inverse image (under c) of each principal (right, left) ideal of R. is a principal (right. left) ideal of R[x] generated by a regular element. (Here an element is regular if and only if it is a non zero-divisor).     

CLOSED SUBMODULES OF NORMALIZING BIMODULES OVER SEMIPRIME RINGS

In this paper we study closed sub-bimodules of normalizing bimodules over semiprime rings. We extend the main results which are known for centred bimodules and several other results which are new even for centred bimodules are also obtained. In particular, we prove that the theorem on one-to-one correspondence between closed submodules obtained in former papers for centred bimodules is also true for normalizing bimodules. Finally, we give some applications of the main results.

     

ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES OF ELEMENTS IN GROUP RINGS OF FINITE GROUPS

A relation between algebraic degrees of eigenvalues of an element in the group ring Z G of a finite group G and their multiplicities is obtained. This result can be regarded as a theorem on asymptotic behavior of parameters in group rings of finite groups which is a parallel result of several well known theorems concerning the relationships of parameters in finite groups.     

A NOTE ON THE g-PRIME RADICAL IN GAMMA RINGS

ABSTRACT

The g-prime radical of a Γ-ring M is equal to either the zero ideal or the prime radical of M. If the prime radical of M is a non-zero ideal, then the following three conditions are equivalent; (i) g-prime radical of M is equal to the prime radical of M; (ii) every g-prime ideal is a prime ideal; and (iii) every g-semiprime ideal is a semiprime ideal.     

The first variation of the total mass of log-concave functions and related inequalities

On the class of log-concave functions on Rⁿ${\mathbb{R}}^n$, endowed with a suitable algebraic structure, we study the first variation of the total mass functional, which corresponds to the volume of convex bodies when restricted to the subclass of characteristic functions. We prove some integral representation formulae for such a first variation, which suggest to define in a natural way the notion of area measure for a log-concave function. In the same framework, we obtain a functional counterpart of Minkowski’s first inequality for convex bodies; as corollaries, we derive a functional form of the isoperimetric inequality, and a family of logarithmic-type Sobolev inequalities with respect to log-concave probability measures. Finally, we propose a suitable functional version of the classical Minkowski’s problem for convex bodies, and prove some partial results towards its solution.     

GENERALISED IDEALS OF RINGS

Abstract

Using a general definition of a regularity for rings, F- and F- qausi-ideals of a ring are defined. These concepts are shown to be generalizations of ideals or one-sided ideals of a ring. An F-semi prime F—(F-quasi-) ideal of a ring R is also defined. F-regular rings are characterized in terms of F-semi prime F- (F-quasi-) ideals for a large class of polynomial regularities including some well known regularities. A more general characterization of the prime radical β(R) of a ring are given in terms of F—(F-quasi-) ideals.