Simplicity of Skew Group Rings of Abelian Groups

Necessary and sufficient conditions for simplicity of a general skew group ring A ?_σ G are not known. In this article, we show that a skew group ring A ?_σ G, of an abelian group G, is simple if and only if its centre is a field and A is G-simple. As an application, we show that a transformation group (X, G), where X is a compact Hausdorff space acted upon by an abelian group G, is minimal and faithful if and only if its associated skew group algebra C(X) ?_σ G is simple.     

On Chow Groups of G-Graded Rings

Abstract

Let A be a Noetherian ring graded by a finitely generated Abelian group G. It is shown that a Chow group A _?(A) of A is determined by cycles and a rational equivalence with respect to certain G-graded ideals of A. In particular, A _?(A) is isomorphic to the equivariant Chow group of A if G is torsion free.     

Homomorphisms between A-Projective Abelian Groups and Left Kasch-Rings

Glaz and Wickless introduced the class G of mixed abelian groups A which have finite torsion-free rank and satisfy the following three properties: i) A _p is finite for all primes p, ii) A is isomorphic to a pure subgroup of _P A _P and iii) Hom(A, tA) is torsion. A ring R is a left Kasch ring if every proper right ideal of R has a non-zero left annihilator. We characterize the elements A of G such that E(A)/tE(A) is a left Kasch ring, and discuss related results.     

On one class of modules that are close to Noetherian

We consider an R G-module A over a commutative Noetherian ring R. Let G be a group having infinite section p-rank (or infinite 0-rank) such that C _G (A) = 1, A/C _A (G) is not a Noetherian R-module, but the quotient A/C _A (H) is a Noetherian R-module for every proper subgroup H of infinite section p-rank (or infinite 0-rank, respectively). In this paper, it is proved that if G is a locally soluble group, then G is soluble. Some properties of soluble groups of this type are also obtained.     

On Modules with Few Minimax Cocentralizers

Let R be a ring and G a group. An R-module A is said to be minimax if A includes a noetherian submodule B such that A/B is artinian. The authors study a ?G-module A such that A/C _A (H) is minimax (as a ?-module) for every proper not finitely generated subgroup H.     

Gersten conjecture for equivariant K-theory and applications

For a reductive group scheme G over a regular semi-local ring A, we prove the Gersten conjecture for the equivariant K-theory. As a consequence, we show that if F is the field of fractions of A, then K^G₀(A) @ K^G₀(F){K^G_0(A) \cong K^G_0(F)}, generalizing the analogous result for a dvr by Serre (Inst Hautes études Sci Publ Math 34:37–52, 1968). We also show the rigidity for the K-theory with finite coefficients of a Henselian local ring in the equivariant setting. We use this rigidity theorem to compute the equivariant K-theory of algebraically closed fields.     

On Schur classes for modules over group rings

We consider the problem of coupling between a quotient module A/C _A (G) and a submodule A(ωRG), where G is a group, R is a ring, and A is an RG-module; C _A (G) can be considered as an analog of the center of the group, and the submodule A(ωRG) can be considered as an analog of the derived subgroup of the group. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 9, pp. 1261–1268, September, 2007.     

The Isomorphism Problem for Integral Group Rings of a Complete Monomial Group

Let G be a complete monomial group with abelian base, namely, G = AwrSym _m , the wreath product of a finite abelian group A with the symmetric group on m letters. Then the group G is determined by its integral group ring.     

The ranks of central unit groups of integral group rings of alternating groups

Let G be a finite group and U(Z(Z G)) be the group of units of the center Z(Z G) of the integral group ring Z G (the central unit group of the ring Z G). The purpose of the present work is to study the ranks r _n of groups U(Z(ZAn)), i.e., of central unit groups of integral group rings of alternating groups A _n . We shall find all values n for r _n = 1 and propose an approach on how to describe the groups U(Z(ZAn)) in these cases, and we will present some results of calculations of r _n for n ≤ 600.     

On modules over integer-valued group rings of locally soluble groups with rank restrictions imposed on subgroups

We study a \mathbbZG \mathbb{Z}G -module A such that \mathbbZ \mathbb{Z} is the ring of integer numbers, the group G has an infinite sectional p-rank (or an infinite 0-rank), C _G (A) = 1, A is not a minimax \mathbbZ \mathbb{Z} -module, and, for any proper subgroup H of infinite sectional p-rank (or infinite 0-rank, respectively), the quotient module A/C _A (H) is a minimax \mathbbZ \mathbb{Z} -module. It is shown that if the group G is locally soluble, then it is soluble. Some properties of soluble groups of this kind are discussed.     

Irreducible algebraic sets over divisible decomposed rigid groups

A soluble group G is said to be rigid if it contains a normal series of the form G = G ₁ > G ₂ > …> G _p > G _p+1 = 1, whose quotients G _i /G _i+1 are Abelian and are torsion-free when treated as right ℤ[G/G _i ]-modules. Free soluble groups are important examples of rigid groups. A rigid group G is divisible if elements of a quotient G _i /G _i+1 are divisible by nonzero elements of a ring ℤ[G/G _i ], or, in other words, G _i /G _i+1 is a vector space over a division ring Q(G/G _i ) of quotients of that ring. A rigid group G is decomposed if it splits into a semidirect product A ₁ A ₂…A _p of Abelian groups A _i ≅ G _i /G _i+1. A decomposed divisible rigid group is uniquely defined by cardinalities α _i of bases of suitable vector spaces A _i , and we denote it by M(α₁,…, α _p ). The concept of a rigid group appeared in [arXiv:0808.2932v1 [math.GR], ], where the dimension theory is constructed for algebraic geometry over finitely generated rigid groups. In [11], all rigid groups were proved to be equationally Noetherian, and it was stated that any rigid group is embedded in a suitable decomposed divisible rigid group M(α₁,…, α _p ). Our present goal is to derive important information directly about algebraic geometry over M(α₁,… α _p ). Namely, irreducible algebraic sets are characterized in the language of coordinate groups of these sets, and we describe groups that are universally equivalent over M(α₁,…, α _p ) using the language of equations.     

Some Notes on Meet-Irreducible Subgroups of Finite Groups

A proper subgroup A of a finite group G is said to be primitive or meet-irreducible if there is a unique subgroup A₀ ≤ G such that A is a maximal subgroup of A₀. In this case we say that |A₀: A| is the small index of A and denote it by |G: A|₀. In this article, we study the influence of meet-irreducible subgroups and their small indexes on the structure of G. In particular, we prove that a finite group G is supersoluble if and only if |G: A|₀ = |G: B|₀ for any two meet-irreducible subgroups A and B of G with A_G = B_G.     

Constructing Witt-Burnside rings

The Witt-Burnside ring of a profinite group G over a commutative ring A generalizes both the Burnside ring of virtual G-sets and the rings of universal and p-typical Witt vectors over A. The Witt-Burnside ring of G over the monoid ring Z[M], where M is a commutative monoid, is proved isomorphic to the Grothendieck ring of a category whose objects are almost finite G-sets equipped with a map to M that is constant on G-orbits. In particular, if A is a commutative ring and A_× denotes the set A as a monoid under multiplication, then the Witt-Burnside ring of G over Z[A_×] is isomorphic to Graham's ring of “virtual G-strings with coefficients in A.” This result forms the basis for a new construction of Witt-Burnside rings and provides an important missing link between the constructions of Dress and Siebeneicher [Adv. in Math. 70 (1988) 87-132] and Graham [Adv. in Math. 99 (1993) 248-263]. With this approach the usual truncation, Frobenius, Verschiebung, and Teichmüller maps readily generalize to maps between Witt-Burnside rings.     

MULTIPLICATIVELY CLOSED SETS OF IDEALS AND RESIDUAL DIVISION

Let R be a ring (commutative with identity), let Γ be a multiplicatively closed set of finitely generated nonzero ideals of R, for an ideal I of R let I _Γ = ∪ {I : G; G ∈ Γ}, and for an R-algebra A such that GA ≠ (0) for all G ∈ Γ let A ^Γ = ∪ {A : _T GA; G ∈ Γ}, where T is the total quotient ring of A. Then I _Γ is an ideal in R, I → I _Γ is a semi-prime operation (on the set I of ideals I of R) that satisfies a cancellation law, and it is a prime operation on I if and only if R = R ^Γ. Also, A ^Γ is an R-algebra and A → A ^Γ is a closure operation on any set A = {A; A is an R-algebra, R ? A, and if C is a ring between R and A, then regular elements in C remain regular in A}. Finally, several results are proved concerning relations between the ideals I _Γ and (IA)_ΓA and between the R-algebras R ^Γ and A ^Γ.

     

The Hilbert function of a maximal Cohen-Macaulay module

We study Hilbert functions of maximal CM modules over CM local rings. When A is a hypersurface ring with dimension d>0, we show that the Hilbert function of M with respect to is non-decreasing. If A=Q/(f) for some regular local ring Q, we determine a lower bound for e₀(M) and e₁(M) and analyze the case when equality holds. When A is Gorenstein a relation between the second Hilbert coefficient of M, A and S^A(M)= (Syz^A₁(M*))* is found when G(M) is CM and depthG(A)≥d−1. We give bounds for the first Hilbert coefficients of the canonical module of a CM local ring and analyze when equality holds. We also give good bounds on Hilbert coefficients of M when M is maximal CM and G(M) is CM.     

Graded rings and essential ideals

LetG be a group andA aG-graded ring. A (graded) idealI ofA is (graded) essential ifI⊃J≠0 wheneverJ is a nonzero (graded) ideal ofA. In this paper we study the relationship between graded essential ideals ofA, essential ideals of the identity componentA _e and essential ideals of the smash productA#G ^*. We apply our results to prime essential rings, irredundant subdirect sums and essentially nilpotent rings.     

On orbits of automorphism groups II

Let G be a finite group, let A be a group of automorphisms of G and let C_G(A) denote the subgroup of fixed points of A in G. If the order of C_G(A) is coprime to the number of orbits of A in G, then C_G(A) is contained in the autocommutator subgroup [G, A]. The notion of class-avoiding automorphism is used to extend theorems of J. Thompson and P. Rowley. Received: 3 November 2008, Revised: 1 December 2008     

On the Irreducible Components of the Form Ring and an Application to Intersection Cycles

Let A be a commutative Noetherian ring and I an ideal in A. We characterize algebraically when all the minimal primes of the associated graded ring G _I A contract to minimal primes of A/I. This, applied to intersection theory, means that there are no embedded distinguished varieties of intersection. The characterization is in terms of the analytic spread of certain localizations of I, the symbolic Rees algebra, and the normalization of the Rees algebra, and extends results of Huneke, Vasconcelos, and Martí-Farré.