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Sep 17, 2023 at 16:14 vote accept YkMz
Sep 10, 2023 at 8:29 history edited Dave Benson CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sep 10, 2023 at 8:01 history edited Dave Benson CC BY-SA 4.0
Edited to make the answer for right modules rather than left modules.
Sep 8, 2023 at 11:55 comment added Dave Benson I've edited the answer to explain this better.
Sep 8, 2023 at 11:53 history edited Dave Benson CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sep 8, 2023 at 10:13 comment added Dave Benson I will add one further comment, then I'm done. Left multiplication by $X_1X_2X_3$ is the endomorphism that commutes with right multiplication by $\left(\begin{smallmatrix}0&x_0\\0&0\end{smallmatrix}\right)$. It is equivalent to right multiplication by the diagonal matrix with entries $X_1X_2X_3$ and $\omega X_1X_2X_3$ (or is it $\omega^2$? I can't be bothered to check). Whichever it is, these endomorphisms commute.
Sep 8, 2023 at 9:47 comment added Dave Benson Yes, you still have the same misunderstanding. The point is that for a ring $A$, the endomorphisms of $A$ as a left module are isomorphic to $A^{\mathop{\rm op}}$. You insist on confusing $A$ with $A^{\mathop{\rm op}}$, with the obvious consequence that things don't multiply the way you think they do. This is the last time I'm going to say this.
Sep 8, 2023 at 9:42 comment added YkMz Sorry for the repeated trouble, I wanted to ask you about what I wrote in Edit. In this case, I also had the same misunderstanding again ?
Sep 8, 2023 at 7:56 comment added Dave Benson No, that is not the case. Left multiplication by $x_0$ is not a homomorphism of left modules, so you have to use right multiplication. And left multiplication by a central element is what you need for $X_1X_2X_3$. You can't just choose.
Sep 8, 2023 at 1:36 comment added YkMz From the comments above I think multiplication from either side would make sense. Is that not the case?
Sep 8, 2023 at 1:25 comment added YkMz In the question, I identify $X_1X_2X_3 = (\begin{smallmatrix} X_1X_2X_3 & 0 \\ 0 & X_1X_2X_3 \\ \end{smallmatrix}). $ So, $(X_1X_2X_3) (\begin{smallmatrix} 0 & x_0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{smallmatrix})$ and $ (\begin{smallmatrix} 0 & x_0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{smallmatrix}) (X_1X_2X_3) $ mean $(\begin{smallmatrix} X_1X_2X_3 & 0 \\ 0 & X_1X_2X_3 \\ \end{smallmatrix}) (\begin{smallmatrix} 0 & x_0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{smallmatrix} )$ and $ (\begin{smallmatrix} 0 & x_0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{smallmatrix} ) (\begin{smallmatrix} X_1X_2X_3 & 0 \\ 0 & X_1X_2X_3 \\ \end{smallmatrix} )$ respectively.
Sep 7, 2023 at 23:59 comment added Dave Benson Your matrices representing endomorphisms are presumably all right multiplications, because otherwise they're not homomorphisms of modules with respect to left multiplication. Associativity says that right multiplications commute with left multiplications: $(xa)y=x(ay)$.
Sep 7, 2023 at 23:38 comment added YkMz I'm sorry, I still don't understand, but the matrices $\begin{pmatrix} 0 & x_1\\ 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0\\ x_0^{-1} & 0 \end{pmatrix}$ also commute with multiplication by $X_1X_2X_3$ in $E''$ ? I need to verify that to show $X_1X_2X_3$ is a central element.
Sep 7, 2023 at 14:18 history answered Dave Benson CC BY-SA 4.0