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Monoidal structure on left dg-modules over a brace algebra
Relating to my other question: Modules over Hopf Algebras and $E_2$-algebras
Preliminary: Let $A$ be an associative dg-algebra that is also an algebra over the brace operad. Let $M$ and $N$ be left ...
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On an application of the going-down theorem of Cohen-Seidenberg in Mumford
There is a following result in Mumford's red book of schemes (Chapter II Section 8). Here $R$ is a valuation ring with algebraically closed fraction field $k$.
Let $Z \subset \mathbb{P}^n_k$ be an ...
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Number of generators of an ideal in a polynomial ring over a Noetherian ring
Let $R$ be a Noetherian ring. By the Hilbert Basis Theorem the polynomial ring $R[x_1, \ldots , x_n]$ is also a Noetherian ring. What can we say about the number of generators of an ideal $I$ of $R[...
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Application of the adjoint functor theorem to get the right adjoint of the forgetful functor from $\delta$-rings to rings (the Witt vectors)
I am studying $\delta$-rings and Witt vectors from [K] (the definition of $\delta$-ring is [K, 2.1.1]), and I am having trouble verifying that everything in Kedlaya's definition for the Witt vectors ...
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Separability of $\mathbb{C}[x,y_1,\ldots,y_r]$ over $\mathbb{C} + (h,y_1,\ldots,y_r)$
The answer to this MO question says the following:
Lemma 1. Let $h \in \mathbf C[x]$ be a polynomial of degree $n \geq 2$. Then $\mathbf C+(h) \subseteq \mathbf C[x]$ is unramified if and only if $h$ ...
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Matching power series to infinity
As pointed out by Makoto, on this question about power series rings and the axiom of choice, an idea I had needed the axiom of dependent choice to work. However, the construction raises another ...
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When does "second annihilator" of a (principal) ideal equal the ideal itself , ie $Ann_R(Ann_R(r))=Rr$?
Suppose that $R$ is a (local) ring and $r\in R$. When do the equations $Ann_R(Ann_R(r))=Rr$ or $\sqrt{Ann_R(Ann_R(r))}=\sqrt{Rr}$ hold?
I already know that it holds for Artinian Gorenstein rings (due ...
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Socle of a quotient of the ring of differential operators of a polynomial ring
I have been reading the following paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002240491000263X
Proposition 2.4(ii) shows that if $\mathfrak D$ is a ring of $k$-linear differential ...
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$C=A \cdot B$ matrices and exact sequence of $DVR$-modules
I'm looking for a proof or a reference for the following statement:
Let $R$ be a DVR (Discrete Valuation Ring) and $p$ a prime element, and let $\mathfrak a$, $\mathfrak b$ and $\mathfrak c$ be ...
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If $(\mathbb M, \tau)$ is a topological monoid, is $\tau$ always induced by a [left] subinvariant semimetric?
Let me start by recalling some basic definitions (just for the sake of avoiding misunderstandings due to the vocabulary of the post).
Basically following some ideas of W. Lawvere (but not his ...
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common roots of bivariate polynomial equations
Let $f(x,y)=0$ and $g(x,y)=0$ be bivariate polynomial equations where the polynomials have the same degree, say, $N\geq 3$. Furthermore, both of them have the same terms but different coefficients. ...
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Subgroups-ideals correspondence for abelian varieties over $\mathbf{F}_p$
The question I have arose while reading Waterhouse's Thesis (Abelian varieties over finite fields. Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. (4) 2 1969 521–560.), and motivates another question I recently asked.
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Apropos of two groups being globally isomorphic iff they are isomorphic
Denote by $\mathcal P(S)$ the semigroup obtained by endowing the non-empty subsets of a "ground semigroup" $S$ (written multiplicatively) with the operation of setwise multiplication induced ...
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When does $R [x]/I $ has infinitely many idempotents?
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity and $R[x] $ its polynomial ring. I am looking for a ring with finitely many idempotents and an unextended ideal $I$ in $R[x]$ such that $R[x]/I$ has ...
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Lüroth theorem for $k \subset k(f,g) \subseteq k(x)$
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero (I do not mind to assume that $k=\mathbb{C}$, if things are easier in this case).
Lüroth theorem says that a field $L$, $k \subset L \subset k(x)$ containing ...
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The "matrix direct sum" monoid modulo unitary equivalence
Given a commutative $*$-ring $(R,*)$, let $M(R,*)$ be the monoid whose elements are matrices over $R$ of all possible shapes and entries, including those that have $0$ columns or $0$ rows. Let the ...
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On GCD and LCM of elements in integral domains which has the property that any over ring has Going Down
Let $R$ be an integral domain with fraction field $K$ such that for every ring $R \subseteq S \subseteq K$ , the ring extension $R \subseteq S$ satisfies Going Down property i.e. for any chain of ...
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Terminology for the equation $a=a+b$ in commutative semigroups
Let $(S,+)$ be a commutative semigroup. For $a,b\in S$ consider the equation $a=a+b$. Does such a relation between the given $a$ and $b$ have a name? I am currently using such equations quite often ...
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Is there any precedent in mathematics where closed-form relations between trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions arise?
This question is connected to my current research where unexpectedly there arise connections between trigonometric/hyperbolic functions and their inverses.
In short, if we introduce some element $\...
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On analytic transcendence degree and Krull dimension for homomorphic images of power series rings
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and $I$ be a radical ideal of $k[[x_1,\ldots, x_n]]$. Let $P$ be a minimal prime ideal of the reduced ring $R:=k[[x_1,\ldots, x_n]]/I$. Then, $R_P$ is a field ...
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Example of a $ \mathbb{Q} $-factorial, CM normal, projective, Mori dream space $ Z $ such that $ \operatorname{Cox}(Z) $ is integral and not CM
Does anyone know an example of a $ \mathbb{Q} $-factorial, normal, Cohen Macaulay, projective, Mori dream space $ Z $ over a field $ k $ of arbitrary characteristic such that the Cox ring of $ Z $ is ...
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Iwasawa algebra [closed]
Let $\mathbb{Z}_p$ denotes the $p$-adic integers for a prime $p$. Suppose $M$ is a finitely generated torsion $\mathbb{Z}_p[[T]]$-module such that $\mu(M)=0$. Then $M/pM$ and $M[p]$($p$-torsion ...
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Irreducibility of a resultant of real and imaginary parts of a characteristic polynomial
The following question is motivated by the study of a stability border for a robust linear time-invariant control system.
Let us we have an affine family of $n\times n$ matrices with indeterminate ($\...
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formally étale morphisms which are also universally closed
A morphism of schemes which is formally unramified, universally closed, and a monomorphism is a closed immersion. Is it possible to characterize morphisms which are formally etale and universally ...
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Characterization of a finitely graded (almost) domain
Let $A= \bigoplus_{i=0}^{N}A_i$ be a finitely graded ring with the following property: if $x \in A_i$ and $y \in A_j$ and $i+j \leq N$, then
$$xy = 0 \text{ implies } x = 0 \text{ or } y = 0.$$
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If $H$ is commutative and unit-cancellative, then so is the monoid of non-empty ideals of $H$
Let $H$ be a (multiplicatively written) commutative monoid with identity $1_H$. Given $X, Y \subseteq H$, we take
$$XY := \{xy: x \in X,\, y \in Y\}.$$
We call a set $I \subseteq H$ an ideal of $H$ ...
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stable sheaves in characteristic $0$
Let $K$ be a non-algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$ and $X_K$ a smooth, projective, geometrically connected curve defined over $K$. If $F$ is a stable locally free sheaf on $X_K$, is it ...
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On the set of non-zero elements in an integral domain whose generating principal ideal is of a special kind
Let $R$ be an integral domain. Consider the set $$S := \big\{a \in R\smallsetminus \{0\}
: Ra+Rx \text{ is a principal ideal } \forall x \in R \big \}.$$ Is $S$ a saturated multiplicative closed ...
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Unpacking the plethystic substitution $h_n[n\mathbf{z}]$ in a paper by Aval, Bergeron and Garsia
I'm not familiar with the formalism of plethysm, so I need some help in unpacking the plethystic substitution $h_n[n\mathbf{z}]$ found in eqns. 5.6 and 5.9 of "Combinatorics of labelled ...
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injectivity is a local property over noetherian rings [closed]
Let $R$ be a commutative noetherian ring, and let $M$ be an $R$-module. How I can show that if any localization $M_p$ at a prime ideal $p$ of the ring $R$ is injective over $R_p$, then $M$ is ...
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Flat and algebraic (non-integral) local rings extension $R \subseteq S$ with $m_RS=m_S$
Let $R \subseteq S$ be two Noetherian local rings, not necessarily regular, which are integral domains,
with $m_RS=m_S$, namely, the ideal in $S$ generated by $m_R$ (= the maximal ideal of $R$) is $...
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On cardinality of generating subsets of some submodules
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with unity. Let $\alpha$ be an infinite cardinal . Let $M$ be an $R$-module such that $\mu(M)< \alpha$ . Let $N$ be a submodule of $M$ and $m\in M$ and $r\in R$ be ...
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Commutation of tensor products with inverse limits in a specific case
For $X,Y$ sets, let's denote $Y^X$ the set of all mappings $X\rightarrow Y$. If $Y(=R)$ is a ring, $R^X$ is a $R$-module (well, a bi-module but my question is - at first - concerning commutative rings)...
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Relation between $H^i_I(-)$ and $H^i_J(-)$ when $I\subset J$
What is the relation between $H^i_I(-)$ and $H^i_J(-)$ (cohomological functors) when $I\subset J$ are ideals of a (local) noetherian ring?
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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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Question about Jacobian subalgebra
Assume that the algebraically independent polynomials $f, g\in\mathbb{C}[x, y]$ are such that the Jacobian matrix $\text{Jac}_{x, y}^{f, g}\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\{0\}$.
Is it true that $\mathbb{C}[x, ...
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Indecomposability of image transformations (pure algebra). Open questions
W-transformations -- definitions
We will consider a class called finite window transformations $\ T:C^\mathbb Z\rightarrow C^\mathbb Z\ $ defined a paragraph below; $\ \mathbb Z\ $ is the ring of ...
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Is every cyclic right action of a cancellative invertible-free monoid on a set isomorphic to the set of shifts of some homography?
The terms are defined in a related question. [1]
Conjecture 1. Let $A$ be a set, $W$ a cancellative invertible-free monoid, and $\cdot\colon A\times W\rightarrow A$ a cyclic right $W$-action generated ...
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Local rings $R \subsetneq S$ with $R$ regular and $S$ Cohen-Macaulay, non-regular
Let $R \subseteq S$ be local rings with maximal ideals $m_R$ and $m_S$.
Assume that:
(1) $R$ and $S$ are (Noetherian) integral domains.
(2) $\dim(R)=\dim(S) < \infty$, where $\dim$ is the Krull ...
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Separability of a simple ring extension
Assume $A=K[x,y]\subset K[x,y][w]=B$, $K$ is a field of characteristic zero, $w$ is integral over $A$ (so $B$ is a f.g. $A$-module), but $w$ is not in the field of fractions of $A$, and $B$ is an ...
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A property similar to arithmetical property
By an arithmetical ring is understood a commutative ring $R$ with
identity for which the ideals form a distributive lattice, i.e., for which
$(I+J)\cap K=(I\cap K)+(J\cap K)$ for all ideals $I, J$ ...
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Construction, similar to Chow's EL-numbers? Is it valid? What are the properties?
The idea of EL-numbers, proposed by Chow, impressed me very much, so I decided to build something similar and look what this will turn out.
Instead of $\exp(x)$ and $\ln(x)$ functions as the building ...
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Combinatorial models of the refined inverse Eulerian numbers
If I evaluate substitution of an infinite set of indeterminates $(c_1,c_2,c_3,\cdots)$ into the infinite set of refined Eulerian polynomials $[E]$ of OEIS A145271, I obtain the Taylor series ...
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Formally smooth map from a regular ring
Let $A,B$ be two commutative noetherian rings. Let $f:A\to B$ be a formally smooth homomorphism. If $A$ is a regular ring (in the sense that all its localizations are regular local rings), does this ...
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When are Segre- and Veronese embeddings Gorenstein?
Given a Segre product $\mathbb P^m \times \mathbb P^n$, or more generally $\mathbb P^{m_1}\times\cdots\times\mathbb P^{m_n}$, is there a characterization in terms of $m$ and $n$, or the $m_i$, for the ...
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a problem about ideals of polynomial rings
Let $\{f_n\}_{n=1}^\infty\in \mathbb{C}[x,y]$ be a sequence of polynomials given by the following expressions
$$
f_n(x,y)=\sum_{i=0}^{[\dfrac{n}{2}]}(-1)^{n-i}{{n-i}\choose i}x^{n-2i}y^i.
$$
Let $(...
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Simultaneous triangularizability over a commutative ring
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with unity and $A,B\in M_n(R)$ satisfying the property
(*) All elements of the two-side ideal, in $M_n(R)$, generated by $AB-BA$, are nilpotent.
McCoy showed that, if $...
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Continuous semigroup homomorphism of composition to additive structure
Let $G$ be the topological semigroup whose underlying space is $C(\mathbb{R}^d,\mathbb{R}^d)$ equipped with composition as semigroup operation and let $H$ be the topological group whose underlying ...
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Is it true that the functor of completion of a module over a local ring is injective on isomorphism classes?
Let $A$ be a commutative Noetherian local ring and $\hat A$ be its completion. Then we have the functor of completion from the category of finitely generated $A$-modules to the category of finitely ...
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Are orbits of an affine algebraic monoid affine?
Let us work over the complex numbers for simplicity. Let $M$ be an affine algebraic monoid and $X$ an affine variety on which $M$ acts regularly, i.e. there is a morphism $\alpha: M\times X\to X$. Let ...
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