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$f,g \in \mathbb{Z}[x,y]$ satisfying: $\operatorname{Jac}(f,g)=0$ and $f,g \notin \mathbb{Z}[h]$ for every $h \in \mathbb{Z}[x,y]$?

Is it possible to find $f,g \in \mathbb{Z}[x,y]$ (with $\deg(f),\deg(g) \geq 1$) such that the following two conditions are satisfied: (1) $\operatorname{Jac}(f,g)=f_xg_y-f_yg_x = 0$. (2) ...
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Generators of an ideal of $K[[X_1,X_2,X_3]]$

Let us consider an irreducible polynomial $$f \colon= \alpha_e + \alpha_{e-1}X_1 + ... + \alpha_1X_1^{e-1} + X_1^e \in K[[X_2,X_3]][X_1]$$ and set $$\iota_1 \colon K[[X_2,X_3]] \hookrightarrow K[[X_1,...
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Morphisms preserving weak normality

I would like to find a class of morphisms for which weakly normality descends. The notion of seminormlaity is very close to the one of weakly normality and for seminormal schemes one has Theorem 5.8 ...
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A peculiar operation on $M_2(\mathbb Z)$ which along with the usual matrix addition, makes $M_2(\mathbb Z)$ into a commutative ring with unity [closed]

For $A=\begin{pmatrix} a_1 & b_1 \\ c_1&d_1 \end{pmatrix}, B=\begin{pmatrix} a_2 & b_2 \\ c_2&d_2 \end{pmatrix}\in M_2(\mathbb Z)$, define $A*B:=a_1L_1BR_1+b_1L_1BR_2+c_1L_2BR_1+...
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An ideal and its J-radical

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1$ and $I$ be an ideal of $R$. Now let $J=\cap_{I\subseteq m\in Max(R)}m$. Set $A:=\{p\in Spec(R): I\subseteq p\}$ and $B:=\{p\in Spec(R): J\subseteq p\}$, where $...
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Compute the closure of graph of function from complement of hypersurface in $\mathbb{A}^n$

I'm hoping someone can give me some tips to help speed up computation on the following problem: Suppose I have a map $G=(g_1/f,\dots,g_m/f):\mathbb{A}^n\setminus{V(f)}\to \mathbb{A}^m$. I'm ...
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Finite maps and jacobian condition

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and take $f_{1}, ..., f_{n} \in k[X_{1},..., X_{n}]$ with the jacobian condition: $\det J_{f} = 1$. Let $A:= k[X_{1},...,X_{n}]/(f_{1},...,f_{n})$ and ...
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Is there a homological interpretation for the cokernel of the kernel of a map between complexes induced by tensor product?

Let $A$ be a free abelian group of rank 2, and let $S = \mathbb{Z}[A]\cong\mathbb{Z}[a_1^{\pm1},a_2^{\pm1}]$ the group algebra for $A$. Let $t : S\times S\rightarrow S$ be the $S$-module map given by ...
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Injective indecomposable modules over Laurent polynomial rings

What does the injective envelope of $\mathbb C[x,x^{-1}]/(p(x,x^{-1}))$ as a $\mathbb C[x,x^{-1}]$-module look like where $p(x,x^{-1})$ is an irreducible element? I’m sure this is well known, but ...
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Sum of initial ideals

Let $S_1=k[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ and $S_2=k[y_1,\ldots,y_m]$ be two polynomial ringsover a field $k$ and $I\subset S_1$ and $J\subset S_2$ be two ideals. Let $S=k[x_1,\ldots,x_n,y_1,\ldots,y_m].$ Question ...
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$(x + y + z)....(x + y\omega_n^{n-1} + z\omega_n) = x^n + y^n + z^n - P(x,y,z)$ To find $P$

$$(x + y + z)(x + y\omega_n + z\omega_n^{n-1})(x + y\omega_n^2 + z\omega_n^{n-2})....(x + y\omega_n^{n-1} + z\omega_n) = x^n + y^n + z^n - P(x,y,z)$$ where $\omega_n$ is an nth root of unity. The ...
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gcd of polynomial values

Suppose that $f$ and $g$ are two coprime polynomials in $\mathbb Z[x]$. I'm interested in any sort of upper bound on $gcd(f(a),g(a))$, in terms of the integer $a$. Are there any results of this type?...
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Automorphisms of a weighted projective space

What is the automorphisms group of the weighted projective space $\mathbb{P}(a_{0},...,a_{n})$ ? Consider the simplest case of a weighted projective plane, take for instance $\mathbb{P}(2,3,4)$; any ...
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Do commutative rings without unity have the IBN property?

Let $R$ be a commutative rng, i.e. a commutative ring without an identity element. Does $R$ still have the Invariant Basis Number (IBN) property? Recall that a ring is said to have the IBN ...
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Fraction fields of strict henselizations of DVRs

Let $A_{1},A_{2}$ be discrete valuation rings whose fraction fields are isomorphic. Let $A_{i}^{\mathrm{sh}}$ be the strict henselization of $A_{i}$, and let $K_{i}$ be the fraction field of $A_{i}^{\...
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Can the methods of classical algebraic geometry be made rigorous with a synthetic approach?

There are approaches to real analysis that use an axiomatization of nilpotent infinitesimals to enable rigorous synthetic reasoning about infinitesimals, which is arguably closer to the reasoning ...
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Steinberg components of local deformation rings

Let $F=\mathbb Q_l$ and $E$ be a finite extension of $\mathbb Q_p$ with residue field $k \cong O_E/m_E$ ($p \neq l$). Let $\bar r: \Gamma_F=Gal(\bar F/F) \to GL_2(k)$ be a continuous representation. ...
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Is the sheaf of smooth functions flat?

Let $X$ be a smooth algebraic variety over $\mathbb{C}$. Is the sheaf of smooth functions on $X$ flat as an $\mathcal{O}_X$ module?
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How should I think about the module of coinvariants of a $G$-module?

Let $G$ be a group, $M$ a $G$-module, then the group of coinvariants is the module $M_G := M/I_GM$, where $I_G$ is the kernel of the augmentation map $\epsilon : \mathbb{Z}G\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$. ...
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Prime ideals being finitely-generated implies coherence?

Let $R$ be a non-noetherian local domain. Suppose that the following two conditions hold for $R$$\colon$ $(*)$$~\quad$An arbitrary prime ideal ${\frak P}$ of $R$ such that ${\mathrm{ht}}({\frak P}) &...
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How to visualize the Frobenius endomorphism?

As the question title asks for, how do others "visualize" the Frobenius endomorphism? I asked some people in real life and they said they didn't know and that I could go and ask on MO and possibly get ...
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Persistence of saturation closure

Let $R$ be a ring. A closure operation $cl$ on a set of ideals $\mathcal{I}$ of $R$ is a set map $cl: \mathcal{I}\longrightarrow \mathcal{I}( I\mapsto I^{cl})$ satisfying the following conditions: (i)...
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Cohen-Macaulay local ring and its quotient by minimal prime ideal

Assume $R$ is a Noetherian local ring which is Cohen-Macaulay, must there exist an ideal $I$ of $R$ such its radical is a minimal prime and the quotient ring $R/I$ is still Cohen-Macaulay? If the ...
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Can one characterize power series that have polynomial inverses?

Going through my Commutative Algebra notes I found out that I don't know the answer to this question. Let $A$ be a commutative ring with unit and let $f(T):=\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k T^k \in A[[T]]$ be a ...
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Valuation ring satisfying either a.c.c. or d.c.c. on prime ideals

If a commutative ring with unity has finite Krull dimension, then it satisfies a.c.c. and d.c.c. on prime ideals. The converse is not true in general, as can be seen from here An infinite dimensional ...
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Solving solutions to systems of polynomial equations over $\mathbb Z$

Macaulay Resultants help identify common root in $\mathbb P^{n-1}(\mathbb K)$ of $n$ homogeneous polynomials in $n$ variables when $\mathbb K$ is algebraically closed. Is it possible that some type of ...
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Krull dimensions and regular sequences

I am trying to understand if a certain condition on quotient rings is sufficient for a sequence to be regular. Here is the setting: Let $\mathbb{C}[u_1,...,u_n]$ be the ring of regular functions on $\...
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Ideals of orders in number fields

Let $K$ be a number field with ring of integers $\mathcal{O}_K$. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be an order of $K$ and $A$ a proper ideal of $\mathcal{O}$, by which I mean that $\mathcal{O} = \{\alpha \in K : \...
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Transitivity of an invariant of finitely generated field extensions

For a finitely generated extension of fields $K/k$, let us define "$S_{K/k}$" to be the minimum of the degrees $[K:\ell]$ where $\ell/k$ ranges over the purely transcendental subextensions of $K$ with ...
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An infinite dimensional local domain whose chains of primes are finite

Does there exist a local domain of infinite dimension in which every chain of prime ideals is finite? Of course, such a ring must be neither noetherian nor catenary. (This question arose while ...
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Noetherian module, over Noetherian ring, which is isomorphic to its double dual [duplicate]

Let $M$ be a finitely generated module over a Noetherian ring $R$ such that $M$ is isomorphic with its double dual $M^{**}=Hom(Hom(M,R),R)$. Then is the natural map $j:M \to M^{**}$ defined as $j(m)(...
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How to use Hilbert series to count combinatorial objects?

In THE SLOPES DETERMINED BY n POINTS IN THE PLANE by JEREMY L. MARTIN, Page 2, Theorem 1.1, a Hilbert series is used to compute some combinatorial objects: Let $R_n=k[m_{1,2}, \ldots, m_{n-1,n}]$, ...
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A special family of prime ideals

I am looking for a commutative ring $R$ with identity which has a family $F:=\{p_i\}_{i\in A}$ of prime ideals such that for each $n\in \mathbb{N}$ there exists $m\in \mathbb{N}$ with $n\leqslant m$ ...
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When does a subspace of the affine space form a regular sequence in a ring of regular functions?

Let $J$ be an ideal in the ring $\mathbb{C}[u] := \mathbb{C}[u_1,...,u_n]$ of regular functions on $\mathbb{C}^n$. Given a subspace $\mathbb{C}^k \subset \mathbb{C}^n$ and $I$ its ideal in $\mathbb{...
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Is Frobenius on $R^\circ/p$ surjective for general perfectoid rings $R$?

In [1], Propisition 6.1.9(2), it said that if $R$ is a perfectoid ring such that $pR^\circ$ is closed in $R^\circ$ (this includes the case if $R$ is of character $p$, or if $p$ is invertible in $R$, ...
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If a polynomial ring is a finite flat module over some subring, is that subring itself a polynomial ring?

A question motivated by If a polynomial ring is a free module over some subring, is that subring itself a polynomial ring? and If a polynomial ring is finite free over a subring, is the subring ...
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Decomposing semihereditary rings

Let $R$ be a commutative semihereditary ring (i.e. every finitely generated ideal of $R$ is projective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_ring). Then is $R$ a finite direct product of Prufer ...
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Decomposing Noetherian hereditary rings of Krull dimension $1$ into product of hereditary domains (i.e. Dedekind domains)

Let $R$ be a commutative Noetherian hereditary ring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_ring) of Krull dimension $1$. Then is it true that $R$ is a finite direct product of Dedekind domains ?
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Ostrowski's Theorem for topological rings?

Ostrowski's theorem classifies all absolute values on a number field $K$. Questions: More generally, can one classify all Hausdorff topologies on $K$ making $K$ into a topological field? In ...
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On the linear factors of a polynomial obtained from the determinant of a matrix whose entries are related to Binomial expansion

Consider the polynomial ring $R=\mathbb C[x,y]$. Consider the matrix $A=\begin{pmatrix} x^5+y^5&5x^5&10x^5&10x^5&5x^5\\5y^5&x^5+y^5 &5x^5&10x^5&10x^5 \\10y^5&5y^5&...
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What is the ring of functions on the open unit disc with polynomially bounded Maclaurin coefficients called?

Let $R$ be the the set of complex-valued (analytic) functions $f$ on the open unit disc $\mathrm D:=\{z\in\Bbb C:|z|<1\}$ for which there exist constants $a_0$, $a_1$, ... in $\Bbb C$ and $n$ in $\...
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Numerator-cancellable Modules

I don't know why there is no investigation of the cancellability of quotients in category of modules. What I mean by cancellability of quotients in category of modules is the following : Let $R$ be a ...
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Resultants for compactly represented product form polynomials?

Typically computing resultnt of $n+1$ different $n+1$-variate homogeneous polynomials takes $O(poly(\prod_{i=1}^{d_{i}}))$ time where $d_i$ is degree of $i$th polynomial. In certain cases the ...
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On finite dimensional commutative algebras and regular sequences

Let $\mathbb{C}[u]:= \mathbb{C}[u_1,...,u_n]$ the algebra of polynomial functions on $\mathbb{C}^n$. I consider two ideals $I$, and $J$, where $I$ is the ideal generated by the polynomials vanishing ...
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Local ring of infinite dimension

Short version: Let $R$ be a commutative ring such that all chains of primes of $R$ with the same extremities have the same finite cardinality. Is $R$ locally finite-dimensional? Longer version: Let $R$...
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derived symmetric powers of an ideal

Let $R$ be the polynomial algebra in $n$ variables over a field $F$ of characteristic $0$. Let $m$ be the ideal of the origin: $m=(x_1,...,x_n)$. We have a canonical map $Lsym^k(m)\to m^k$ from the ...
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Counting exceptional divisors

Suppose that I blow up an ideal sheaf $J$ in $\mathbb A^2$ via a map $\pi : X \to \mathbb A^2$. I'd like to compute, from the ideal, how many exceptional divisors there are for $\pi$, and be able to ...
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On some finiteness properties of cohomological algebras of complex tori

Denote by $A := \mathbb{C}[u,u^{-1}]$, $u = (u_1,...,u_n)$, the algebra of polynomial functions on the complex torus $(\mathbb{C} \setminus \{ 0 \})^n$, which we consider as a $\mathbb{C}[u]$-module. ...
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Descending chain of subalgebras of $k[x,y]$

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero. Let $\{R_i\}_{i \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a descending chain of $k$-subalgebras of $k[x,y]$: $k[x,y]=:R_0 \supseteq R_1 \supseteq R_2 \supseteq \ldots$, such that ...
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Homomorphisms of ring extending nicely ideal intersections

Let $\varphi\!:\!S\to R$ be a homomorphisms of $K$-algebras for some field $K$. Let $\{a_{\lambda}\}_{\lambda}$ be a family of ideals of $S$. Is there some "natural" assumption on $\varphi$ to ...

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