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$A$ is isomorphic to $A \oplus \mathbb{Z}^2$, but not to $A \oplus \mathbb{Z}$
Are there abelian groups $A$ with $A \cong A \oplus \mathbb{Z}^2$ and $A \not\cong A \oplus \mathbb{Z}$?
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$R$ is isomorphic to $R[X,Y]$, but not to $R[X]$
Is there a commutative ring $R$ with $R \cong R[X,Y]$ and $R \not\cong R[X]$?
This is a ring-theoretic analog of my previous question about abelian groups: In fact, in any algebraic category we may ...
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Canonical examples of algebraic structures
Please list some examples of common examples of algebraic structures. I was thinking answers of the following form.
"When I read about a [insert structure here], I immediately think of [example]."
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Is there a field $F$ which is isomorphic to $F(X,Y)$ but not to $F(X)$?
Is there a field $F$ such that $F \cong F(X,Y)$ as fields, but $F \not \cong F(X)$ as fields?
I know only an example of a field $F$ such that $F$ isomorphic to $F(x,y)$ : this is something like $F=k(...
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Can a module be an extension in two really different ways?
(Edit: I've realized that there was an error in my reasoning when I was convincing myself that these two formulations are equivalent. Hailong has given a beautiful affirmative answer to my first ...
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What are your favorite finite non-commutative rings?
When you are checking a conjecture or working through a proof, it is nice to have a collection of examples on hand.
There are many convenient examples of commutative rings, both finite and infinite, ...
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Torsion-free abelian group $A$ such that $A \not \simeq A \oplus \Bbb Z \simeq A \oplus \Bbb Z^2$
Is there a torsion-free abelian group $A$ such that $A \not \simeq A \oplus \Bbb Z \simeq A \oplus \Bbb Z \oplus \Bbb Z$ (as groups)?
Notice that $\Bbb Z$ is not cancellable, so
$A \oplus \Bbb Z \...
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Examples of polynomial rings $A[x]$ with relatively large Krull dimension
If $A$ is a commutative ring we have the estimate
$$
\dim (A)+1 \le \dim (A[x])\le 2\dim (A)+1
$$
for the Krull dimension, with $\dim (A)+1 = \dim (A[x])$ for Noetherian rings.
I am looking for nice ...
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Non-field example of a commutative, local, dual ring with nilradical $N$ such that $ann(N)\nsubseteq N$
I asked this question on math.stackexchange a month ago with no progress, even after a bounty. I hope to eliminate one if the other receives a satisfactory answer.
For an ideal $I\lhd R$ in a ...
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Tensor products and two-sided faithful flatness
Let $f: R \to S$ be a morphism of Noetherian rings (or more generally $S$ can just be an $R-R$ bimodule with a bimodule morphism $R \to S$). Suppose $f$ is faithfully flat on both sides, so $M \to M \...
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A "concrete" example of a one-sided Hopf algebra
I came to know from the paper Left Hopf Algebras by Green, Nichols and Taft that one may consider a Hopf algebra whose antipode satisfies only the left (resp. right) antipode condition.
To be more ...
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Non-trivial integral forms of algebras
Suppose $\mathcal{A}$ is a $\mathbf{C}$-algebra then an integral form would be a subring $\mathcal{B} \subset \mathcal{A}$ such that the canonical map $\mathcal{B} \otimes_{\mathbf{Z}} \mathbf{C} \...
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Finding non-inner derivations of simple $\mathbb Q$-algebras
What's a good example of a simple algebra over a field of characteristic $0$ which has a non-inner derivation but also has the invariant basis number property (IBN)?
I'm under the impression that when ...
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Uncountable Reduced ring $R$ with $R[x]$ has only a countable number of maximal left ideals
The question is following:
Is there an uncountable reduced ring (i.e., a ring with no non-zero nilpotent element) $R$ (with identity) such that
$R[x]$ has only a countable number of maximal left ...
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Concrete examples of derived categories
What examples of abelian categories $\mathcal{A}$ are there such that the derived category $\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{A})$ can be described concretely? For example, is there a concrete way of describing $\...
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Lagrange’s interpolation formula: Theoreme and Example [closed]
I would like to know where they come up with the formula of Lagrange interpolation (Lagrange’s interpolation formula),Lagrange_polynomial because I did some research, but I find a different definition ...
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Algebraic structures of greater cardinality than the continuum?
Are there interesting algebraic structures whose cardinality is greater than the continuum? Obviously, you could just build a product group of $\beth_2$ many groups of whole numbers to get to such a ...
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Examples of multiplier Hopf algebras
A multiplier Hopf-algebra (introduced by Van Daele) is a pair $(A, \Delta)$ where $A$ is a non-degenerate algebra $A$ together with a non-degenerate algebra morphism $\Delta: A \to M(A \otimes A)$ ...
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Results that hold for the complex numbers but not for algebraically closed fields of characteristic zero
When a result is stated for the field of complex numbers it can usually be extended to a result for an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. I would like to see a list of results that ...
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