Idempotent and Nilpotent Submodules of Multiplication Modules

All rings are commutative with identity, and all modules are unital. The purpose of this article is to investigate multiplication von Neumann regular modules. For this reason we introduce the concept of nilpotent submodules generalizing nilpotent ideals and then prove that a faithful multiplication module is von Neumann regular if and only if it has no nonzero nilpotent elements and its Krull dimension is zero. We also give a new characterization for the radical of a submodule of a multiplication module and show in particular that the radical of any submodule of a Noetherian multiplication module is a finite intersection of prime submodules.     

Simple flat Leavitt path algebras are von Neumann regular

For a unital ring, it is an open question whether flatness of simple modules implies all modules are flat and thus the ring is von Neumann regular. The question was raised by Ramamurthi over 40?years ago who called such rings SF-rings (i.e. simple modules are flat). In this note we show that an SF Steinberg algebra of an ample Hausdorff groupoid, graded by an ordered group, has an aperiodic unit space. For graph groupoids, this implies that the graphs are acyclic. Combining with the Abrams–Rangaswamy Theorem, it follows that SF Leavitt path algebras are regular, answering Ramamurthi’s question in positive for the class of Leavitt path algebras.     

Refinement monoids with weak comparability and applications to regular rings and -algebras

We prove a cancellation theorem for simple refinement monoids satisfying the weak comparability condition, first introduced by K.C. O'Meara in the context of von Neumann regular rings. This result is then applied to von Neumann regular rings and -algebras of real rank zero via the monoid of isomorphism classes of finitely generated projective modules.

     

关于全不变扩张环和模(英文)

In this paper, we discuss FI-extending property of rings and modules. The main results are the following： a characterization of von Neumann regular rings which are two-sided FI-extending is given; sufficient conditions for direct summands of FI-extending modules to be FI-extending are obtained; and at last, a necessary and sufficient condition for nonsingular modules over nonsingular rings to be FI-extending is given.     

von Neumann Regular Rings and Right SF-rings

A ring R is called a left (right) SF-ring if all simple left (right) R-modules are flat. It is known that von Neumann regular rings are left and right SF-rings. In this paper, we study the regularity of right SF-rings and prove that if R is a right SF-ring whose all maximal (essential) right ideals are GW-ideals, then R is regular.     

GP-V'-环的von Neumann正则性

本文研究了GP-V'-环的von Neumann正则性问题.利用GW-理想和W-理想的性质及方法,得到了 GP-V'-环是(强)正则环的一些条件,推广了文献[3,6]中的相关结果.     

关于Gorensteincotorsion模

讨论了Gorensteincotorsion模与内射模之间的关系,证明了R是GorensteinvonNeumann正则环当且仅当任意R模M的Oorensteincotorsion包络与内射包络是同构的,当且仅当E（M）／M是Gorenstein平坦模,同时,也讨论了Gorensteincotorsion模与cotorsion模之间的联系。     

n- 强Gorenstein FP- 内射模

设n 是正整数, 本文引入并研究n- 强Gorenstein FP- 内射模. 对于正整数n > m, 给出例子说明n- 强Gorenstein FP- 内射模未必是m- 强Gorenstein FP- 内射的, 并讨论n- 强Gorenstein FP-内射模的诸多性质. 最后, 利用n- 强Gorenstein FP- 内射模刻画n- 强Gorenstein Von Neumann 正则环.     

Shorted Operators Relative to a Partial Order in a Regular Ring

In this article, the explicit form of maximal elements, known as shorted operators, in a subring of a von Neumann regular ring, has been obtained. As an application of the main theorem, the unique shorted operator (of electrical circuits), which was introduced by Anderson–Trapp, has been derived.     

Completely positive projections on a Hilbert space

The purpose of this paper is to prove that a completely positive projection on a Hilbert space associated with a standard form of a von Neumann algebra induces the existence of a conditional expectation of the von Neumann algebra with respect to a normal state, and we consider the application to a standard form of an injective von Neumann algebra.

     

Co-amenability and Connes’s embedding problem

A longstanding open question of Connes asks whether any finite von Neumann algebra embeds into an ultraproduct of finite-dimensional matrix algebras.As of yet,algebras verified to satisfy the Connes’s embedding property belong to just a few special classes (e.g.,amenable algebras and free group factors).In this article,we prove that von Neumann algebras satisfying Popa’s co-amenability have Connes’s embedding property.     

Left SF-Rings and Regular Rings

A ring R is called a left (right) SF-ring if all simple left (right) R-modules are flat. It is known that von Neumann regular rings are left and right SF-rings. In this article, we study the regularity of left SF-rings and we prove the following: 1) if R is a left SF-ring whose all complement left (right) ideals are W-ideals, then R is strongly regular; 2) if R is a left SF-ring whose all maximal essential right ideals are GW-ideals, then R is regular.     

von Neumann代数中套子代数上的Lie同构

本文给出因子von Neumann代数中的幂等算子在广义Lie积下的一个刻画; 得到因子von Neumann代数中套子代数的幂等算子在Lie积下的一个特征．作为应用, 研究了因子von Neumann代数中套子代数上的Lie同构,并证明因子von Neumann 代数中套子代数之间的Lie同构,要么是同构与广义迹之和,要么是负反同构与广义迹之和．     

Von Neumann Algebras and Hilbert Quantales

When A is a von Neumann algebra, the set of all weakly closed linear subspaces forms a Gelfand quantale, Max_w A. We prove that Max_w A is a von Neumann quantale for all von Neumann algebras A. The natural morphism from Max_w A to the Hilbert quantale on the lattice of weakly closed right ideals of A is, in general, not an isomorphism. However, when A is a von Neumann factor, its restriction to right-sided elements is an isomorphism and this leads to a new characterization of von Neumann factors.     

Preduals of von Neumann Algebras

Proofs of two assertions are sketched. 1) If the Banach space of a von Neumann algebra A is the third dual of some Banach space, then the space A is isometrically isomorphic to the second dual of some von Neumann algebra A and the von Neumann algebra A is uniquely determined by its enveloping von Neumann algebra (up to von Neumann algebra isomorphism) and is the unique second predual of A (up to isometric isomorphism of Banach spaces). 2) An infinite-dimensional von Neumann algebra cannot have preduals of all orders.     

L 2-Cohomology for Von Neumann Algebras

We study L ²-Betti numbers for von Neumann algebras, as defined by D. Shlyakhtenko and A. Connes in [CoS]. We give a definition of L ²-cohomology and show how the study of the first L ²-Betti number can be related to the study of derivations with values in a bi-module of affiliated operators. We show several results about the possibility of extending derivations from sub-algebras and about uniqueness of such extensions. In particular, we show that the first L ²-Betti number of a tracial von Neumann algebra coincides with the corresponding number for an arbitrary weakly dense sub-C*-algebra. Along the way, we prove some results about the dimension function of modules over rings of affiliated operators which are of independent interest. Received: March 2006 Revision: October 2006 Accepted: October 2006     

The Patch Topology and the Ultrafilter Topology on the Prime Spectrum of a Commutative Ring

Let R be a commutative ring and let Spec(R) denote the collection of prime ideals of R. We define a topology on Spec(R) by using ultrafilters and demonstrate that this topology is identical to the well-known patch or constructible topology. The proof is accomplished by use of a von Neumann regular ring canonically associated with R.     

Uniform diagonalisation of matrices over regular rings

The fundamental Separativity Problem for von Neumann regular rings is shown to be equivalent to a linear algebra problem: for a field F, is there a ``uniform formula' for diagonalising a matrix A over , independently of n? Here P and Q are required to be invertible matrices whose entries are fixed regular algebra expressions in the entries of A. Received July 10, 2000; accepted in final form September 26, 2000.