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Non-negative coefficients polynomials

Let $n \in \mathbb N$ and $P,Q \in \mathbb R_+[x]$. Is it true that $(x+1)^n\neq (x-2)^2 \times P(x)+(x-4)^2 \times Q(x)$ ? I have asked, this question here (*), two weeks ago, but no answers. (*) ...
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Prove that $ n \leq d+1 $ under ordering constraints in $\mathbb{R}^d$

Let $x_1, \dotsc, x_n \in \mathbb{R}^d$ and $\theta_1, \dotsc, \theta_n \in \mathbb{R}^d$ be vectors such that for every $k \in [n]$, the following inequality holds: $$ \langle x_k, \theta_k \rangle &...
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UFD property for power series in characteristic 0

Samuel famously produced an example of a UFD, namely $S = R_{(x,y,z)}$, where $R = K[x,y,z]/(x^2+y^3+z^7)$ and $K$ has characteristic 2, such that the power series extension $S[[ x ]]$ is not a UFD. ...
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Is decomposability of integer polynomials over the rational numbers an undecidable problem?

By a decomposition of a polynomial $F(x)$ over a field $K$ we mean writing $F(x)$ as $$ F(x)=G(H(x)) \quad(G(x), H(x) \in K[x]), $$ which is nontrivial if $\operatorname{deg} G(x)>1$ and $\...
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Witt coordinates vs Joyal coordinates on the ring of Witt vectors

I am learning about Witt vectors following [K, Ch. 3], but I am having trouble with the presentation of his material (see (Q1) below). Kedlaya's definition for ring $W(A)$ of the Witt vectors on a ...
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Literature Request: The derived category is Krull-Schmidt

I am looking for literature where it is proven that the derived category of bounded complexes over a finite-dimensional algebra is Krull-Schmidt. I found this question Literature request: $K^b(\text{...
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What are the points of the algebra of polynomial functions on an arbitrary vector space?

Let $V$ be an arbitrary vector space over some field $\mathbb{K}$, $V^*=\mathrm{Hom}(V,\mathbb{K})$ its linear dual. Let $\mathrm{Sym}_\mathbb{K}(V^*)$ be the free commutative $\mathbb{K}$-algebra on $...
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When do algebraic elements form a subalgebra?

If $R$ is a commutative ring and $A$ is a commutative $R$-algebra, we say that an element $x\in A$ is algebraic over $R$ if $x$ is a root of a nonzero polynomial $f \in R[X]$, or equivalently, if the &...
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Exotic Hopf algebra structures on the $p$-fold direct product in characteristic $p > 0$

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p > 0 $ and let $A$ be an algebra over $k$, which is a local ring. There is an isomorphism of algebras $\prod_{i=1}^p A \cong A \otimes k[...
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Weak approximation in Krull domains

Suppose $R$ is a Krull domain with the field of fraction $K$. To every prime ideal $P$ of $R$ of height $1$, one can associate a $ \mathbb{Z}$-valued discrete valuation which we denote by $v_P$. ...
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Relation between Tor amplitude and $p$-complete Tor amplitude for a ring of characteristic $p$

Fix a prime number $p$. Let $A$ be a commutative ring, and consider an $A$-algbera $B$ of characteristic $p$. So we have a sequence of ring homomorphisms $$ A \to A/pA \to B. $$ Assume that we want to ...
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Derived completeness of the inverse perfection

Fix a prime number $p$, and let $R$ be a ring of positive characteristic $p$. Consider the inverse perfection of $R$, which is defined as the inverse limit $$ R^\flat = \varprojlim(\cdots \xrightarrow{...
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What is known about vector subspaces of polynomial rings closed under factors?

Let $R$ be a commutative ring. Call a nonempty subset $F$ of $R$ a factroid if it is closed under sums and factors. That is: If $a,b \in F$, then $a+b \in F$, and If $a,b \in R$ with $a\in R$ ...
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Finite generativity of algebra with valuation

Let $C$ be a commutative finitely generated algebra with no zero divisors. If necessary, we can assume it to be graded and a unique factorization domain. Let $a\in C$ be a prime element. Let's also ...
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When do (or don't) residue fields generate the derived category of a ring?

Let $R$ be a commutative ring, and $D(R)$ its derived category of unbounded chain complexes. I'm interested in when the residue fields $k(\mathfrak{p}) = \mathrm{Frac}(R/\frak p)$ for $\mathfrak p \in ...
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Generalization of Koszul cohomology for wedge product with a fixed q-form: literature and references?

Let $A$ be a commutative ring. For an odd positive integer $q$ and an integer $p$ in the range $1 \leq p \leq q$, consider the cochain complex: $0 \to \Lambda^p(A^N) \to \Lambda^{p+q}(A^N) \to \cdots \...
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Derived tensor products and regular sequences

Let $R \to A$ be a homomorphism of commutative rings, and let $x\in R$ be an element (or a sequence of elements in $R$, if you prefer) that is both $R$-regular and $A$-regular. Then we have $$ A\...
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Colimits in commutative Banach algebras?

Let $K$ be a complete non-Archimedean field. It is known that the category $\mathrm{Ban}_K$ of $K$-Banach spaces with bounded linear maps does not have infinite colimits. The usual argument for $\...
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Descent of $G$-invariant formal system of parameters using GAGF

Let $R=(R,\mathfrak{m})$ be a comm local regular ring of char $\neq 2$ (ie $2 \neq 0$ in $R$) with maximal ideal $\mathfrak{m}$ of (Krull) dimension $2$, ie $R$ admits system of parameters $x,y \in \...
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Dual of finite reflexive modules

Let $A$ be a commutative ring and $M$ be a finite reflexive $A$-module, i.e. the natural map $M\to (M^{\vee})^{\vee}$ is an isomorphism. Can we deduce that the dual $M^{\vee}$ is also finite?
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Cohen-Macaulayness of the homogeneous coordinate ring of projective monomial curves

Let $A = \{a_0, a_1, \ldots, a_{n-1}\} \subset \mathbb{N}$ be a set of non-negative integers where we assume that $a_0 < \cdots < a_{n-1}$ and set $d := a_{n-1}$. For every $s \in \mathbb{N}$, ...
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Projective cover (minimal) for (derived)complete modules over Noetherian local rings exist?

Let $(R,\mathfrak m)$ be a commutative Noetherian local ring. Let $M$ be an $R$-module which is $\mathfrak m$-adically derived complete. Then, does there exist a free $R$-module $F$ and a surjective $...
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Is it possible to backtrack an optimization solver? [closed]

I have an optimization problem and was using a linear programming optimizer to find solutions. However, I find that past a certain size, the problem becomes "infeasible" and has no solutions....
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Integral hull of a polyhedron Q is polyhedron

Let $Q \subseteq R^n$ be a rational polyhedron and let $Q_I=Convexhull(Q \cap Z^n)$. By finite basis theorem, we have $Q=P+C$ for some rational polytope $P$ and finitely generated cone $C$ where $C=R_+...
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How to maximize the variance of a subset of integers?

Given the set of numbers $\Omega := \{1, \ldots, n\}, n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, how can I choose a subset, $A$ of $\Omega$ , such that $min(Var(A), Var(\Omega \setminus A))$ is maximised? Here, $Var$ is ...
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Tensor product of two transcendental flat algebras is not a field?

I'm considering the correctness of the following assertion, which is related to linear disjointness (I'm trying to generalize it to subalgebras), What does "linearly disjoint" mean for ...
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Integral graded algebra of finite type is approximable

The following is the definition of approximable algebra. An integral graded $K$-algebra $\oplus_{n\geqslant 0}B_n$ is said to be approximable if 1.$$rk_K(B_n)<+\infty,\forall n\in \mathbb{N}, $$and ...
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Length of generic intersection in local ring

Let $(R, \mathfrak{m})$ be a regular local ring and let $I\subset R$ be an ideal of coheight 1. Let $a \in \mathfrak{m}\setminus \mathfrak{m}^2$. If $a$ that is not a zero divisor of $R/I$ we have ...
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Easy instance of set cover

I am trying to prove that a natural greedy algorithm solves the following instance of the set cover problem: for a set of elements $e\in U$ with a set of weights $w_e$, we define the cost of a subset ...
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