Questions tagged [ac.commutative-algebra]
Commutative rings, modules, ideals, homological algebra, computational aspects, invariant theory, connections to algebraic geometry and combinatorics.
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In $\mathbb{C}[x,y]$: If $\langle u,v \rangle$ is a maximal ideal, then $\langle u-\lambda,v-\mu \rangle$ is a maximal ideal?
I have asked the following question at MSE and got one answer. Any further ideas are welcome:
Let $u=u(x,y), v=v(x,y) \in \mathbb{C}[x,y]$, with $\deg(u) \geq 2$ and $\deg(v) \geq 2$.
Let $\lambda, \...
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F-vectors of simplicial complex and f-vectors of non-faces of simplicial complex
Is there any result which gives us a relation between f-vector of simplicial complex and f-vector of nonfaces of a simplicial complex?
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Applications of algebraic geometry/commutative algebra to biology/pharmacology
Are there applications of algebraic geometry/commutative algebra to biology/pharmacology?
It might be that some Gröbner basis technique is used somewhere? I know there are some applications to ...
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Polynomial objects in any concrete category
EDIT: The original question had a trivial answer: it's just a coproduct. New question below
New Question: As shown below, in the category of commutative unital rings, the coproduct of a ring $R$ with $...
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A characterization for a commutative ring with a special intersection property for prime ideals
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1$ with the property that for any infinite family $\{P_i\}_{i\in I}$ of distinct prime ideals of $R$ we have $\cap_{i\not= j} P_i\subseteq P_j$ for all but fnitely ...
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Formally étale at all primes does not imply formally étale?
All rings are assumed to be commutative and unital, with all homomorphisms unital as well.
On last week's homework, there was a mistake in one of the questions:
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Uniqueness of $\delta$-structure on a $p$-torsion ring
I was working through Bhargav's notes on $\delta$-rings and prismatic cohomology, specifically lecture 2, page 2, point 5 where he claims that the ring $\mathbb Z[x]/(px,x^p)$ has a unique $\delta$-...
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Automorphisms of the completion of a strict henselian local ring $R$ which come from automorphisms of $R$
Let $A\rightarrow R$ be a local homomorphism of Noetherian strict henselian local rings with completions $\hat{A},\hat{R}$.
Let $u\in R^\times, x\in R$ be such that there is a unique $\hat{A}$-linear ...
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Commuting nilpotent matrices and conjugation isomorphisms
Trying to study isomorphism classes of certain commutative Artinian $\mathbb{C}$-algebras I was lead to the following problem about matrices.
Suppose you have a (non-zero) nilpotent matrix $A\in M_n(\...
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Iterated calculation of determinants
Given a $4 \times 4$ matrix $S$ over a commutative ring $R$. I want to consider it as a $2\times 2$ matrix over $M_2(R)$. Lets say $S=\left(\begin{array}{cc} A&B \\\ C&D\end{array}\right)$ ...
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Let $R$ be a local ring where 2 is invertible. Must there exist a faithfully flat $R$-algebra where the squaring map is surjective?
Let $R$ be a local ring where 2 is invertible. Must there exist a faithfully flat $R$-algebra where the squaring map $x\mapsto x^2$ is surjective?
This is certainly true for fields. For DVR's, you can ...
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Condition such that the fibres of a polynomial map $p :\mathbb{C}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{C}^n$ are finite
I was told that if $A$ is the subring of $\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots, x_n]$ generated by the polynomials $p_1(x_1,\ldots, x_n),\ldots, p_1(x_1,\ldots, x_n)$, then the preimage $p^{-1}(c)$ via the map $p = (...
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Non-zero divisors on an $I$-completely flat module
Let $A$ be a commutative ring (not necessarily Noetherian), $I=(f_1, f_2, \dots, f_n) \subseteq A$ a finitely generated ideal that is generated by a regular sequence. Let $M$ be an $A$-module, and ...
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A $q$-analogue of a characterization of polynomials by binomial coefficients
Considering the binomial coefficient $\binom{x}{m}$ as a polynomial in $x$, the span of $\binom{x}{0}, \binom{x}{1}, \ldots, \binom{x}{d}$ is exactly the polynomials of degree $\le d$. A closely ...
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For an integral domain $R$ when does $a^2 \equiv b^2 \bmod 4R$ imply $a \equiv b \bmod 2R$?
Suppose we have $a^2 \equiv b^2 \bmod 4R$ where $R$ is an integral domain. Under what conditions on $R$ can we conclude that $a \equiv b \bmod 2R$?
This would hold if $2 \in R$ is a prime or the ...
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Is the determinantal ideal of the span of a linearly independent set of rank-one matrices radical?
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field, and let $X_1,\dots, X_n \in M_m(k)$ be rank-one matrices that are linearly independent over $k$. For a fixed integer $1 \leq r \leq m$, consider the ideal $I \...
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non-associative but commutative algebra [closed]
Is it possible(or may be easier) to give an example of non associative algebra but commutative?
At first sight, it seems possible to prove associativity from commutativity but later realised it may no ...
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A series that is algebraic?
This question is a follow-up of question A series that is rational? . Let $k=\mathbb F_q(T)$. Can one prove (or disprove) that the series $\sum_{n\ge0}(1-TX^{q^n})Y^{q^n}\in k[[X,Y]]$ is algebraic ...
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A series that is rational?
Let $k=\mathbb F_q(T)$. Can one prove (or disprove) that the series $\sum_{n\ge0}(1-TX^{q^n})Y^{q^n}\in k[[X,Y]]$ belongs to $k(X,Y)$? At first, it looked like it was simple. But in fact, I have no ...
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Certain endomorphisms of $\mathbb{C}(x,y)$
Let $f: (x,y) \mapsto (p,q)$ be a $\mathbb{C}$-algebra endomorphism of $\mathbb{C}(x,y)$
satisfying the following two conditions:
(i) $\operatorname{Jac}(p,q):=p_xq_y-p_yq_x \in \mathbb{C}-\{0\}$.
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Fast double exponentiation in finite fields
Let $p$ be a prime, and let $\mathbb{F}_p$ be the finite field with $p$ elements. Let $a$ be a non-zero element of $\mathbb{F}_p$. Can we quickly evaluate $a^{2^r} \mod{p}$? Using repeated squaring, ...
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On the fixed point of automorphism of $\mathbb F_3[[T]]$
Consider the automorphism $\sigma$ on ${\Bbb F}_3[[T]]$ such that $T \mapsto c_1T + f(T)$ with $c_1 = 1$ or $-1$, and $f(T) \not=0$ and the non-zero leading term $c_mT^m$ of $f(T)$ satisfies $m \geq 2$...
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Is it possible to compute the basis of this module?
Let $A$ be a polynomial algebra in $n$ variables over field $\mathbb{F}$ of characteristic zero which is algebraically closed. Assume that $a_1,\ldots, a_n, b_1,\ldots, b_n\in A$ are such that $a_1b_1+...
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Is $\mathbb{Z}_p \otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} \mathbb{Z}_p$ coherent?
The question is as in the title:
Is the ring $\mathbb{Z}_p \otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} \mathbb{Z}_p = \mathbb{Z}_p \otimes_{\mathbb{Z}_{(p)}} \mathbb{Z}_p$ coherent?
As shown in the related question, the ...
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Computing whether a set of polynomials cuts out a projective variety
I have a set of multivariate polynomials over $\mathbb{Q}$, and I want to compute whether they cut out a projective variety, i.e. whether the radical of the ideal $I$ that they generate is homogeneous....
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Characterization of algebraic integers providing a prime ideal
Let $\alpha$ be an algebraic integer and let $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{Q}(\alpha)}$ be the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}(\alpha)$.
Question: How to characterize an algebraic integer $\alpha$ such that $\...
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Why are there elementary equations that are not solvable in closed form?
Elementary equations and closed-form solutions can be important in mathematics and in the natural sciences, e.g. for discovering and describing certain relationships.
$\log\colon x\mapsto\log(x)$; $x\...
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Is $\mathbb{Q}_p \otimes_{\mathbb{Q}}\mathbb{Q}_p $ coherent?
Let $\mathbb{Q}_p$ denote the field of fractions of $\mathbb{Z}_p$. By the answers to this quesition the tensor product $\mathbb{Q}_p \otimes_{\mathbb{Q}} \mathbb{Q}_p$ cannot be a Noetherian ring (...
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Depth of modules and regular sequences of endomorphisms
Let $(R, \mathfrak{m})$ be a Noetherian local ring and $M$ is a finitely generated $R$-module of depth $t$. It is well known that every maximal regular sequence of $M$ has length $t$. Recall that $x_1,...
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When every localization of the polynomial ring over a ring has finitely many idempotents
Let $R$ be a commutative ring such that every localization ring $R_r$ has finitely many idempotents for each non nilpotent element $r\in R$. Why dose every localization ring $R[x]_{f(x)}$ have ...
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Different definitions of the dimension of an algebra
I know of three ways to define the dimension of a finitely-generated commutative algebra A over a field F:
The Gelfand-Kirillov (GK) dimension, based on the growth of the Hilbert function.
The Krull ...
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Behavior of invariants under reduction mod p
Let $R$ be a finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}$-algebra with an [edit: linear algebraic] action of $G(\mathbb{Z})$ where $G$ is a split simply-connected semisimple group.
Then for any prime $p$ we have a ...
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Notation question: bigraded direct sum of graded objects
In some work I'm doing I have two graded modules $M$ and $N$ (graded on $\mathbb Z$, say) and need to take, not the usual direct sum, but the bigraded sum consisting of all $M_p \oplus N_q$ (so graded ...
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Generalization of Weak Nullstellensatz?
I believe the following is standard, namely when $k = \bar{k}$ is algebraically closed there is a bijection between points and maximal ideals
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Elliptic curves: about a passage in J. Silverman's "Advanced topics of elliptic curves"
Reading the proof of the main theorem of complex multiplication for elliptic curves over number fields in J. Silverman's book "Advanced topics of elliptic curves" I got stuck at a passage ...
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Toward a cyclotomic Riemann hypothesis
For an integer $n \ge 3$, consider the function $$u(n) = \frac{\sigma(n)}{n \log \log n}$$ with $\sigma$ the divisor function. Now consider the sequence (bounded below and decreasing) $$v_n = \sup_{m&...
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Base change of normalization map and scheme-theoretic surjectivity
Let $C$ be an affine, integral curve and $f: \widetilde{C} \to C$ be its normalization. Let $g:D \to C$ be a finite, affine, surjective morphism (note $D$ need not be reduced, but can assume ...
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If a finite poset supports a Cohen-Macaulay ASL, how far can it be from Cohen-Macaulay?
By the fundamental work of De Concini, Eisenbud, and Procesi, an algebra with straightening law (ASL) must be Cohen-Macaulay if it is built on a Cohen-Macaulay poset. I would like to understand the ...
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if $I$ is finitely presented nilpotent and $M/IM$ is finitely presented, then $M$ is finitely presented
Let $R$ be a commutative ring, and let $I \subseteq R$ be a nilpotent ideal. Let moreover $M$ be an $R$-module, and let $IM$ be the submodule generated by the products $xm$ with $x \in I$ and $m \in M$...
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Can an abelian group have multiple different actions of $\mathbb{Z}_p$?
This is perhaps a trivial question, but I've asked a few colleagues and they couldn't answer. For a given abelian group $M$, is it possible to have several different actions of the ring of $p$-adic ...
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Constructive factorisation of null-homology map through acyclic complex
Let $f: C \rightarrow D$ be a maps of chain complexes on an idempotent complete additive category with all kernel or cokernel (or chain complexes on abelian category).
If $f$ induces a null map in ...
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What are retracts of polynomial rings?
Is there a known example of a ring endomorphism $f: \mathbb{Z}[x_1, \ldots, x_n] \to \mathbb{Z}[x_1, \ldots, x_n]$ such that $f \circ f = f$ but whose image is not isomorphic to a polynomial ring?
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Functoriality of Ext-functor
Let $X$ be a normal, integral variety and $U \subset X$ an open subset such that the complement of $U$ is of codimension at least $2$. Let $F$ be a coherent sheaf on $X$ such that $\mathcal{E}xt^1_U(F|...
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Non-Noetherian local ring with nilpotent maximal ideal
Browsing through my notes on Artin rings, I have realized that I don't know an example for this and I wasn't able to google anything relevant.
What is an example for a commutative non-Noetherian ...
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Example of a projective module with non-superfluous radical
Let $R$ be a ring with unit. A submodule $N$ of an $R$-module $M$ is called superfluous if the only sumbodule $T$ of $M$ for which $N+T = M$ is $M$ itself.
It is shown, for example, in
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Finiteness conditions and Veronese subrings
Consider a commutative group $G$ of finite type, a subgroup of finite index $H\subseteq G$, a noetherian commutative ring $A$, and a $G$-graded $A$-algebra $R=\bigoplus_{g\in G}R_g$ with no zero-...
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Second summand to make projective module free
Suppose there's a projective $R$-module $P$ (non-free). We know that there is another $R$-module $M$ such that $P\oplus M$ is free over $R$. Is there a way to write down such an $M$ in terms of $P$?
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A question about Dedekind schemes and proper morphisms
The following is Exercise 15.3 of Görtz-Wedhorn Algebraic Geometry I:
Let $S$ be a Dedekind scheme with function field $K$ and let $f: X\to S$ be a proper morphism of schemes. Then the canonical map $...
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Summing infinitely many infinitesimally small variables makes sense in algebra
There is an identity $e^x=\lim_{n\to \infty} (1+x/n)^n$, and I always thought it is a purely analytic statement. But then I discovered its curious interpretation in pure algebra:
Consider the ring of ...
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When minimal prime ideals are maximal with respect to not containing an element
Let $\{ P_i \}$ be the set of all minimal prime ideals of a commutative ring $R $. Is there any conditions on $R $ under which there exists an element $x\in R $ such that $P_i $ is an ideal of $R $ ...
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