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Integral elements of quaternion algebras with predescribed properties
In the course of doing some calculations I have found myself wanting to answer the following question:
Let $D/\mathbb{Q}$ be a quaternion algebra ramified at a prime $p$ and at $\infty$ and let $\...
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Why is "naive" definition of non-commutative spectrum bad?
It is well-known that the category of affine schemes is equivalent to the opposit category of commutative unital rings. So naively, one would think that the same should hold in non-commutative setting....
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Discriminants of Clifford algebras
I have a Clifford algebra defined over a field of characteristic not equal to $2$. Is there a formula for its discriminant in terms of the corresponding symmetric bilinear form (or in terms of its ...
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Does every commutative variety of algebras have a cogenerator?
By a commutative variety $\mathcal{V}$ I mean a classical variety of algebras for some $(\Sigma,E)$, such that each pair of operations in $\Sigma$ commutes.
Equivalently (i) every interpretation of ...
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Classification of rings between a PID and its field of fractions?
Let $D$ be a PID and let $\mathrm{Frac}(D)$ be its field of fractions. I want to classify the intermediate rings $D\subseteq R\subseteq \mathrm{Frac}(D)$.
Theorem: Every such ring $R$ is a ...
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Computing the pro-solvable closure of a finitely generated subgroup of a free group
The pro-solvable topology on a group $G$ is the unique group topology such that the set of normal subgroups $N\lhd G$ with $G/N$ a finite solvable group is a fundamental system of neighborhoods of the ...
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Computing noncommutative geometries
I find myself needing to construct some noncommutative geometries. I want to take various (algeba-) geometric objects and look at their noncommutative analogs. Is there a constructive way to do this? ...
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Are algebraic structures uniquely identifed by their free objects?
It might be a naive question, as I am not a specialist in this field.
This is a follow-up to this question.
I want to study varieties of objects generalizing ordered monoids, in particular using an ...
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Examples of cancellative normal semigroups
I've got a couple of things to test against normality in cancellative semigroups. A normal semigroup $S$ is one in which for any $x\in S$ we have $xS=Sx.$ This implies the Ore condition $$x,y\in S\...
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Reference for a generalization of Γ-spaces to monoidal model categories
Γ-spaces were introduced by Segal in 1969 as models for what can be now described
as commutative ∞-monoids and ∞-groups in cartesian symmetric monoidal ∞-categories, e.g., E_∞-spaces and connective ...
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Computing the Abelianization of an Automorphism Group
Setup: We are working in a Henselian local ring $(R, \mathfrak m, k)$ that way may assume is Cohen-Macaulay, admits a canonical module and is of finite type (so is an isolated singularity). Let $M_1,...
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Decomposition results for locally commutative semigroups
Every finite abelian group is the direct product of its cyclic groups of prime order, and every commutative monoid divides a product of its cyclic submonoids. Could these results generalized to ...
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How much information does the multiplicative semigroup of an algebra contain?
How much do we know about an given algebra when we only know its semigroup strucure under the product law?
How far can two algebras be distinguished by knowing only their semigroup strucure?
The ...
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Lie groups vs Lie monoids
Does there exist a well developed theory of a class of objects which might rightfully be called Lie monoids? By this I mean with axioms similar to those of Lie groups, but with the axiomatic existence ...
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Maximal sub-inverse semigroups of $M_n(\mathbb{C})$ and $M_n(F_p)$
An inverse semigroup $S$ is a semigroup in which every element $x \in S$ has a unique inverse $y \in S$ such that $x = xyx$ and $y = yxy$. Are there some references characterizing the maximal sub-...
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Proving that a semigroup is regular
In a number of diverse situations of interest to me (mostly associated with something called the abelian sandpile model), one can define a nonabelian semigroup generated by commuting elements $a_1,\...
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Variety of factorizations of differential operator
Take differential operator as polynomial of letter $d$ with coefficients in some function field, where $d$ act by derivation in this function field. Call it a differential field. For simplicity let ...
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Chinese remainder theorem
For non-commutative rings, we have this generalization of the Chinese remainder theorem (CRT).
I wonder if there is another statement involving only left or right ideals;
do you know any?
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What is the formula for the commutative multiplication on CP(infinity)?
There is a classic formula for maps $\mathrm{CP}(r) \times \mathrm{CP}(s) \to \mathrm{CP}(r+s)$ or maybe $r+s+1$ using Plücker coordinates - IF memory serves. In the limit we get the abelian ...
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$Aut(\mathbb{Z}G)=?$ for $G=\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes_n\mathbb{Z}$
I am interested in the automorphism group of the group ring $\mathbb{Z}G$ for some noncommutative group $G$ of the form $\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes_n\mathbb{Z}$, say
$$\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes_n\mathbb{Z}=\...
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Automorphisms of $P(\Bbb N)$
I believe I've proved that the power semigroup of non-negative integers with addition has a trivial automorphism group. The proof is a bit long, completely elementary and rather unremarkable (as the ...
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Concatenation of strings [closed]
We have two strings (i. e., finite tuples) $A$ and $B$.
We have to find if for some positive integers $n$ and $m$, the string $A$ concatenated $n$ times equals the string $B$ concatenated $m$ times or ...
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Monoids and groups of fractions
Let $G$ be a group containing a monoid $M$ that spans $G$ as a group. Is it possible to have a proper quotient $\varphi \colon G \to Q$ of $G$ such that the restriction of $\varphi$ to $M$ is ...
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noncommutative polynomials equality
Suppose $x$, $y$, $z$ are three variables satisfying $yz=zy$, $zx=xz$, $xy=yzx$.
Could anyone give me two (non-commutative) polynomials $f$ and $g$ in the above three variables such that the ...
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Progress on group languages characterizations
Def. A group language is a recognizable language whose syntactic monoid is a group.
q1. Is it known a "nice" combinatorial characterization of group languages ?
q1.1. If no, is it well understood ...
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What is the probability two random maps on n symbols commute?
It is well known that two randomly chosen permutations of $n$ symbols commute with probability $p_n/n!$ where $p_n$ is the number of partitions of $n$. This is a special case of the fact that in a ...
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Units in a group algebra
Let k be a field and let G be a finite group. I would like to know if there is any nice description of the group of units in the group algebra kG. (If there is no nice answer in this generality, ...
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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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determine if a toric variety is Gorenstein
Let $G$ a simply connected group over $k$ and $car(k)=0$.
Let $T_{+}=(T\times T)/Z_{G}$ we consider the closure $\overline{T}_{+}$ of the torus $T_{+}$ in $\prod End(V_{\omega_{i}})\times\prod\...
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The norm of a polynomial f in a skew polynomial ring must be in the center
This is proved in Prop 1.7.1 in Jacobson's book ``Finite dimensional division algebras over fields". But I am not clear why the norm n(f), defined as the norm of the matrix representation of f by ...
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$\mathrm{rk}_R M$ vs $\mathrm{rk}_S M$ - how nice need $R,S$ be?
Let $R\hookrightarrow S$ be Noetherian (noncommutative) rings without zero divisors with $\mathrm{rk}_{R} S < \infty$ (e.g. $S=R*G$ the crossed product of $R$ with a finite group $G$). Let $M$ be a ...
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For $G=\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes \mathbb{Z}$, $Spec(\mathbb{Z}G)$=?
Let $G$ be the group $\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes_{\sigma} \mathbb{Z}=\langle y,z\rangle\rtimes_{\sigma}\langle x\rangle$, where $\sigma(x)=\begin{pmatrix}a, b\\c,d\end{pmatrix}\in SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$, which ...
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Injectivity criterion for surjective coalgebra maps: does it hold in full generality?
Let $\mathbf{k}$ be a commutative ring.
Let $C$ be a filtered $\mathbf{k}$-coalgebra. This means a $\mathbf{k}$-coalgebra equipped with an increasing $\mathbf{k}$-module filtration $C^0 \subseteq C^1 \...
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How big can a commutative subalgebra of Weyl algebra be?
Consider the smallest Weyl algebra $A_1=\{q,p; qp-pq=1\}$. It is known that there exist pairs of commuting elements, say $L$ and $M$, that obey various polynomial relations, e.g. elliptic curves. I ...
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Dimension of commutative subalgebras of a central simple algebra
let $k$ be a field, and let $A$ be a central simple $k$-algebra over $k$.
What is the maximal dimension of a commutative $k$-subalgebra of $A$?
If $A=M_r(D)$, where $D$ is a central division $k$-...
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Hindman's theorem variant for noncommutative semigroups
The well set proof of Hindman's finite sums theorem applied to noncommutative semigroups yields a sequence of elements such that finite products ordered coherently with this sequence are in one set. ...
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Functionals on oriented matroids
Oriented matroids are abstractions of hyperplane arrangements, or equivalently vector configurations. Let me recall the definition in terms of covectors.
Let $R=\lbrace 0,+,-\rbrace$ with the monoid ...
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Idempotents in Green J classes
I recently read this article Syntactic semigroups. In page $8$, he speaks about a J class having an idempotent is called regular:
A $\mathcal J$-class containing an idempotent is called regular. ...
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Conjugate linear maps between $*$-algebra modules
Let $A$ be a $*$-algebra, $E,$ and $F$ two $A$-modules, and a map $f:E \to F$ such that
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f(ae) = a^*f(e), ~~~~~~~ a \in A.
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This seems to me to be the natural generalisation of a conjugate linear ...
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Generalized free product of semigroups with amalgamated subsemigroups
Hanna Neumann in
[American Journal of Mathematics, 1948,
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2372201?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102497379451 ]
introduced a notion of generalized free product of ...
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Structure theorem for finite dimensional $C^*$-algebras and their representations
I would like a source for some Artin-Wedderburn type facts about these algebras which seem to have easy proofs, and are probably written somewhere.
Let $\mathcal{A} \subset M_n(\mathbb{C})$ be an ...
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$\mathbb{Z}G$ (left) Noetherian$\Rightarrow$ $\ell^1(G)$ is a flat (right) $\mathbb{Z}G$-module?
Let $G$ be a countable discrete group (not necessarily abelian), and suppose the group ring $\mathbb{Z}G$ is a left-Noetherian ring, for example, when $G$ is a polycyclic-by-finite group.
Denote the ...
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Geometry of numbers for three by three matrices?
While trying to use Minkowski's theorem to calculate the (left) class number of a noncommutative ring, I ran into the following problem:
What is the volume of the largest symmetric convex subset $S$...
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Existence of a possible counterexample in automaton semigroups
In an attempt to resolve a question posed by Cain in his paper on Automaton Semigroups (open problem 6.12), I would like to know if there exists a finite semigroup $S$ satisfying the following ...
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Equivalence relations in suplattices
I am wondering about generalisations of the concept of equivalence relations to suplattices.
Here is my motivation: Given a set $X$. The powerset $\mathcal{P}(X)$ is a suplattice. For suplattices ...
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Commutative, idempotent partially ordered monoids
A unital quantale is a suplattice with a compatible monoid structure. A quantale is called idempotent if it is idempotent as a monoid (every element is idempotent) (analogously for commutativity). ...
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Reasoning about "approximately" associative structures and "almost monoids".
If $(M,+)$ is a monoid then it obeys the laws:
$$m_1 + 0 = 0 + m_1 = m_1$$
$$m_1+(m_2+m_3)=(m_1+m_2)+m_3$$
But what if I have a structure $(A,+)$ that is almost a monoid, but not quite. For example,...
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An operation on binary strings
Consider the “product” $\gamma = \alpha \times \beta$ of two binary strings $\alpha$, $\beta$ $\in \lbrace 0,1\rbrace^+$ which one gets by replacing every 1 in $\beta$ by $\alpha$ and each ...
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What are the main structure theorems on finitely generated commutative monoids?
I should read J. C. Rosales and P. A. García-Sánchez's book Finitely Generated Commutative Monoids and L. Redei's book The Theory of Finitely Generated Commutative Semigroups. I haven't. But here's ...
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Transformation terminology question
Given a transformation $t$ from the transformation semigroup $T_{n}$, if you take powers of $t$ under composition you get a length $s$ stem followed by a cycle. Permutations by definition have a ...
