Weakly Regular and Self-Injective Leavitt Path Algebras Over Arbitrary Graphs

We characterize the Leavitt path algebras over arbitrary graphs which are weakly regular rings as well as those which are self-injective. In order to reach our goals we extend and prove several results on projective, injective and flat modules over Leavitt path algebras and, more generally, over (not necessarily unital) rings with local units.     

Commutator Leavitt Path Algebras

For any field K and directed graph E, we completely describe the elements of the Leavitt path algebra L _K (E) which lie in the commutator subspace [L _K (E), L _K (E)]. We then use this result to classify all Leavitt path algebras L _K (E) that satisfy L _K (E)?=?[L _K (E),L _K (E)]. We also show that these Leavitt path algebras have the additional (unusual) property that all their Lie ideals are (ring-theoretic) ideals, and construct examples of such rings with various ideal structures.     

Leavitt Path Algebras of Edge-Colored Graphs

Given any edge-colored graph G and any commutative unital ring R, we construct a generalized Leavitt path algebra L _R (G).We show that L _R (G) is a certain free product of L _R (G _i ), where G _i s are 1-colored subgraphs of G. We also show that L _R (G) may be written as a free product of simpler algebras. In the end, we define a natural ${\mathbb{Z}}$ -grading for L _R (G) and give four necessary conditions for simplicity of L _R (G).     

The Dixmier-Moeglin Equivalence for Leavitt Path Algebras

Let K be a field, let E be a finite directed graph, and let L _K (E) be the Leavitt path algebra of E over K. We show that for a prime ideal P in L _K (E), the following are equivalent:

Regularity Conditions for Arbitrary Leavitt Path Algebras

We show that if E is an arbitrary acyclic graph then the Leavitt path algebra L _K (E) is locally K-matricial; that is, L _K (E) is the direct union of subalgebras, each isomorphic to a finite direct sum of finite matrix rings over the field K. (Here an arbitrary graph means that neither cardinality conditions nor graph-theoretic conditions (e.g. row-finiteness) are imposed on E. These unrestrictive conditions are in contrast to the hypotheses used in much of the literature on this subject.) As a consequence we get our main result, in which we show that the following conditions are equivalent for an arbitrary graph E: (1) L _K (E) is von Neumann regular. (2) L _K (E) is π-regular. (3) E is acyclic. (4) L _K (E) is locally K-matricial. (5) L _K (E) is strongly π-regular. We conclude by showing how additional regularity conditions (unit regularity, strongly clean) can be appended to this list of equivalent conditions.     

The Leavitt Path Algebras of Generalized Cayley Graphs

Let n be a positive integer. For each \({0 \leq j \leq n-1}\), we let \({C_{n}^{j}}\) denote Cayley graph for the cyclic group \({\mathbb{Z}_n}\) with respect to the subset \({\{1, j\}}\). For any such pair (n, j), we compute the size of the Grothendieck group of the Leavitt path algebra \({L_K(C_{n}^{j})}\); the analysis is related to a collection of integer sequences described by Haselgrove in the 1940s. When j = 0, 1, or 2, we are able to extract enough additional information about the structure of these Grothendieck groups so that we may apply a Kirchberg-Phillips-type result to explicitly realize the algebras \({L_K(C_{n}^{j})}\) as the Leavitt path algebras of graphs having at most three vertices. The analysis in the j = 2 case leads us to some perhaps surprising and apparently nontrivial connections to the classical Fibonacci sequence.     

Leavitt Path Algebras as Partial Skew Group Rings

We realize Leavitt path algebras as partial skew group rings and give new proofs, based on partial skew group ring theory of the Cuntz–Krieger uniqueness theorem and simplicity criteria for Leavitt path algebras.     

Noetherian Semigroup Algebras

A complete structural characterization of submonoids S of apolycyclic-by-finite group such that the semigroup algebra K[S]over a field K is right noetherian is obtained. It follows thatsuch algebras are also left noetherian. 2000 Mathematics SubjectClassification 16P40, 16S36, 20M25 (primary), 20F22, 20C07,20M10 (secondary).     

Ideal Structure of Leavitt Path Algebras with Coefficients in a Unital Commutative Ring

For a (countable) graph E and a unital commutative ring R, we analyze the ideal structure of the Leavitt path algebra L _R (E) introduced by Mark Tomforde. We first modify the definition of basic ideals and then develop the ideal characterization of Mark Tomforde. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for the primeness and the primitivity of L _R (E), and we then determine prime graded basic ideals and left (or right) primitive graded ideals of L _R (E). In particular, when E satisfies Condition (K) and R is a field, they imply that the set of prime ideals and the set of primitive ideals of L _R (E) coincide.     

Applications of Normal Forms for Weighted Leavitt Path Algebras: Simple Rings and Domains

Weighted Leavitt path algebras (wLpas) are a generalisation of Leavitt path algebras (with graphs of weight 1) and cover the algebras L _K (n, n + k) constructed by Leavitt. Using Bergman’s diamond lemma, we give normal forms for elements of a weighted Leavitt path algebra. This allows us to produce a basis for a wLpa. Using the normal form we classify the wLpas which are domains, simple and graded simple rings. For a large class of weighted Leavitt path algebras we establish a local valuation and as a consequence we prove that these algebras are prime, semiprimitive and nonsingular but contrary to Leavitt path algebras, they are not graded von Neumann regular.     

On the Simplicity of Lie Algebras Associated to Leavitt Algebras

For any field 𝕂 and integer n ≥ 2, we consider the Leavitt algebra L _𝕂(n); for any integer d ≥ 1, we form the matrix ring S = M _d (L _𝕂(n)). S is an associative algebra, but we view S as a Lie algebra using the bracket [a, b] = ab ? ba for a, b ∈ S. We denote this Lie algebra as S ^?, and consider its Lie subalgebra [S ^?, S ^?]. In our main result, we show that [S ^?, S ^?] is a simple Lie algebra if and only if char(𝕂) divides n ? 1 and char(𝕂) does not divide d. In particular, when d = 1, we get that [L _𝕂(n)^?, L _𝕂(n)^?] is a simple Lie algebra if and only if char(𝕂) divides n ? 1.     

Primitive Ideals of Noetherian Generalized Down-Up Algebras

We classify the primitive ideals of noetherian generalized down-up algebras.     

Noetherian Connected Graded Algebras of Global Dimension 3

Let A be a noetherian connected graded algebra of global dimension 3. We show that A is regular in the sense of Artin and Schelter if one of the following conditions holds: (1) A is generated by two elements; (2) the graded simple module has a standard resolution; (3) the degrees of minimal relations are the same (this includes the quadratic case). Some general properties of A are studied without assuming regularity.