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Is there a characterization of monoids that distribute over each other?
Let $(M, e_1, \times_1, e_2, \times_2)$ be an algebraic structure such that
$(M, e_1, \times_1)$ and $(M, e_2, \times_2)$ are monoids
$x \times_1 (y \times_2 z) = (x \times_1 y) \times_2 (x \times_1 ...
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What is a quantum condensed space?
Due to a categorical equivalence involving compact topological spaces and unital commutative $\mathrm{C}^*$-algebras, there is a practise involved in so-called quantum mathematics where a ...
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Is there a theory of completions of semirings similar to $I$-adic completions of rings?
Let $L = \text{Con } (\mathbb{N}, 0, +) \setminus \Delta$ be the lattice of monoid congruences on the naturals, excluding the trivial congruence. As it happens, every $\theta \in L$ is the meet of ...
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Function $\phi$ such that $f(\phi(x,y)) = f(x) + f(y)$
I have a continuous function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$, and I am looking for a continuous (or at least measurable) function $\phi:\mathbb{R}^{2n}\to\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $f(\phi(x,y))=f(x)+f(y)$....
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Hilbert symbol of a quaternion algebra given ramified places
I am reading the paper: https://projecteuclid.org/journals/experimental-mathematics/volume-17/issue-3/Derived-Arithmetic-Fuchsian-Groups-of-Genus-Two/em/1227121388.full
in order to find an explicit ...
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Algebraic theorems with no known algebraic proofs
What are some good examples of algebraic theorems that have no known algebraic proofs?
A few I know concern classifications of (not necessarily associative) division algebras over $\mathbb{R}$: the ...
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Geometric interpretation of flags and the role of the rook monoid and Kazhdan–Lusztig theory in $M_n(\mathbb{C})$
Let $G = GL_n(\mathbb{C})$, $B$ be its Borel subgroup, and $P$ a parabolic subgroup. The space $G/B$ corresponds to complete flags in $ \mathbb{C}^n$, and $G/P$ corresponds to partial flags. The ...
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Free, easy-to-use program for noncommutative algebra over finite fields
I am looking for a computer program that can handle computations in noncommutative algebra over a finite field of prime order $p$.
My requirements are:
The program should be free, as I do not have ...
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Values attained by the coheight of $(H \setminus H^\times)^k$ as a function of $H$ and $k$
Edit (Apr 24, 2017). I'm updating this post in the light of the latest developments of a related thread.
Let $H$ be a multiplicatively written, commutative monoid, and set $M := H \setminus H^\times$,...
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Examples of $\mathbb{N}$-graded algebras whose global dimension is strictly less than the GK dimension
The relationship between the global and GK dimensions of Artin-Schelter regular algebras remains to be mysterious, yet both dimensions are conjectured to be equal.
In a more broad setting, are there ...
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Defining rank of an abelian subgroup using the second centralizer
I recently posted this on MSE, but didn't receive any feedback; so I'm posting it on MO.
I recently came across this article which explored the maximal abelian subgroups of the symmetric group $S_n$. ...
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Right maximal ideals in skew-Laurent rings over division Rings
Let $R$ be a Noetherian domain, and let $D$ denote its division ring. Define $S = D_q[x_1^{\pm 1}, x_2^{\pm 1}]$ as an iterated skew-Laurent polynomial ring with the relation $x_1 x_2 = q x_2 x_1$. Is ...
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Finitely generated module over a skew Laurent polynomial ring $\mathbb{K}[x_1^{\pm 1},x_2^{\pm1}]$
Let $A := \mathbb{K}_{\Lambda}[x_1^{\pm 1}, x_2^{\pm 1}, x_3^{\pm 1}, x_4^{\pm 1}]$, $B := \mathbb{K}_{\Lambda'}[x_1^{\pm 1}, x_2^{\pm 1}, x_3^{\pm 1}]$, and $C := \mathbb{K}_{\Lambda''}[x_1^{\pm 1}, ...
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An example where finitistic dimension does not equal right global dimension?
The (right) big finitistic dimension of a ring is Findim$(R) =$ sup{proj.dim(M) | $M$ a right $R$-module of finite projective dimension}. The (right) little finitistic dimension findim$(R)$ is the sup ...
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True or false? Every left or right cancellative, duo semigroup is cancellative
A semigroup $S$ is duo if $aS = Sa$ for all $a \in S$, where $aS := \{ax: x \in S\}$ and similarly for $Sa$; for instance, every commutative semigroup is duo, and so is every group. On the other hand, ...
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Simple-direct-injective modules
A right $R$-module $M$ is called a simple-direct-injective module if it satisfies any of the following equivalent conditions:
For any simple submodules $A,B$ of $M$ with $A \cong B \subseteq^{\oplus} ...
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Reference request: a cousin to the log semiring
Let $f$ be strictly increasing on $\mathbb{R}$. Then $x \oplus y := f^{-1}(f(x)+f(y))$ gives rise to a strict symmetric monoidal ($\Rightarrow$ commutative monoid) structure on $(\mathbb{R},\ge)$ with ...
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Non-degenerate bilinear pairing of finite dimensional algebras
A finite dimensional algebra (over $\mathbb{C}$, say) is said to be Frobenius if it comes equipped with a nondegenerate bilinear pairing
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\langle -, - \rangle : A \times A \rightarrow \...
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Conjecture about commutative semigroups
Conjecture: given any commutative semigroup $S$ of order $n \ge 4$, there exist $a, b \in S$ with $a \ne b$, an integer $m \ge \lfloor (n-1)/2 \rfloor$, and two $m$-element subsets $X = \{x_1, \ldots, ...
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Is this ring isomorphic to a quotient of a group algebra?
Consider the quotient of the free algebra $\mathbb{Q}\langle \alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta, \varepsilon, \zeta \rangle$ by the two-sided ideal $I$ subject to the relations $$ \alpha\delta=\delta\alpha=...
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Does every cancellative duo semigroup embed into a group?
Prompted by the comments to a recent answer by YCor to a related question (here), I'd like to ask the following:
Q. Does every cancellative duo semigroup embed into a group?
A (multiplicatively ...
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Is every cancellative semigroup a subdirect product of subdirectly irreducible cancellative semigroups?
By a classical result of Birkhoff (that is, Theorem 2 in [G. Birkhoff, Subdirect unions in universal algebra, Bull. AMS, 1944]) and the trivial fact that the class of semigroups is closed under the ...
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Representation functor on modules
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ a unital associative $k$-algebra.
The representation functor associates, to each object in non-commutative geometry, a genuine geometric object on the representation variety ...
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If a semigroup embeds into a group, then is it a subdirect product of groups?
The title has it all:
Q. If a semigroup $S$ embeds into a group, then is $S$ (isomorphic to) a subdirect product of groups?
If yes, then $S$ is a subdirect product of subdirectly irreducible groups,...
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Action (of a graded monoid) required
Reference request: Did the construction below appear anywhere before? Any mentions of it or especially any links to something commonly known would be really helpful. I feel that it might be related to ...
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What is the current status of the Kaplansky zero-divisor conjecture for group rings?
Let $K$ be a field and $G$ a group. The so called zero-divisor conjecture for group rings asserts that the group ring $K[G]$ is a domain if and only if $G$ is a torsion-free group.
A couple of good ...
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Is being graded commutative a necessary condition on $A$ such that $H^*(A)$ is commutative?
If we consider any differential graded algebra $A^\bullet$, then its homology is a graded algebra, since the tensor product interacts well with homology.
A sufficient condidtion for the homology to be ...
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projections on minimal left ideals of semisimple algebras
Let $KG$ be a semisimple group algebra of a finite group $G$ over $K$. Consider $W=KGe$ as a minimal left ideal of this algebra and $e$ as a primitive idempotent. Here, $W$ is a simple left $KG$-...
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Star-algebra isomorphism
I have asked this question: When an algebra isomorphism preserves positive involution, but now I want to modify it.
Let $A$ and $B$ be $K$-algebras where $K$ is a field with a unique ordering.
We say ...
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When an algebra isomorphism preserves positive involution
Let $A$ be a $K$-algebra where $K$ is a field with a unique ordering.
We say a $K$-linear involution $*$ is positive if the map $A \to K$ via $a \mapsto tr(a^*a)$ is positive definite with respect to ...
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Ordering the elements of a semigroup by $a \le b$ iff $a=b$ or $b=ab=ba$
Let $S$ be a semigroup, written multiplicatively. The binary relation $\le$ on (the underlying set of) $S$, whose graph consists of all pairs $(a,b) \in S \times S$ such that $a = b$ or $b = ab = ba$, ...
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The state of the art on topological rings - the Jacobson topology
I was recently studying the Jacobson density theorem and I found it quite interesting.
Most textbooks I've seen, including Jacobson's own Basic Algebra, only spend a few lines about the reason why it ...
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Is there anything like a Čech complex for calculating local cohomology over *noncommutative* rings?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Mod{Mod}\DeclareMathOperator\colim{colim}$Let $R$ be a ring, and consider a two-sided ideal $I = (r_1, r_2, \dots, r_j)$ in $R$. The corresponding $n$th local cohomology functor ...
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Recent research on polynomial identities
I work in computational complexity, where I work on the problem of polynomial identity testing over arithmetic circuits. One particular case is when the variables over the polynomial ring don't ...
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Does Wedderburn's Little Theorem hold constructively?
Wedderburn's Little Theorem states that every finite division ring is commutative. Perhaps even more surprising, this implies that every finite reduced ring is commutative.
The proofs that I am aware ...
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Isomorphism between the reduced C*-algebra of a groupoid and the crossed product of inverse semigroups
In Paterson's book "Groupoids, Inverse Semigroups and their Operator Algebras" he proves that for any r-discrete groupoid $G$ with unit space $G^0$, its full $C^* $-algebra $C^* (G)$ is ...
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Wedderburn-Malcev principal theorem for graded-finite algebras
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ be a noncommutative $k$-algebra with Jacobson radical $J$. If $A$ is finite-dimensional, the Wedderburn-Malcev says that $A$ has a subalgebra $S$ such that $$A = S \oplus J$$...
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Clarifications sought on the paper on the semigroup associated with a free polynomial by Ali Abbas and Abdallah Assi
I have three questions regarding the proof of Proposition 4 on page 4 of this paper here. For those interested in addressing these questions, please refer to some definitions in the first two or three ...
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On generators of the multiplicative semigroup $\{r\in\mathbb Q:\ r>1\}$
The set $M=\{r\in\mathbb Q:\ r>1\}$ is a commutative semigroup with respect to the multiplication. For any integers $a>b\ge1$, we clearly have
$$\frac ab=\prod_{n=b}^{a-1}\frac{n+1}n.$$
So the ...
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Reference for the monoidal category structure $X \otimes Y = X + Y + X \times Y$ on a distributive category
Given a distributive category $\mathscr C$ (more generally a rig category), we can define a (semicocartesian) monoidal category structure on $\mathscr C$ with tensor product given by $X \otimes Y := X ...
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Noncommutative transcendence degree of representation algebras
Let $G$ be a reductive group, for example $\text{GL}_n(\mathbb{C})$. Let $V$ denote its defining representation, and let $R$ denote the tensor algebra on the irreducible representations of $G$. It may ...
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Non-commutative Gorenstein Koszul algebras
I was wondering if there exists a characterization of finite-dimensional Gorenstein Koszul algebras in terms of their Koszul dual?
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Generating functions in countable commutative monoids
Let $f: \mathbb{N}_0 \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be a function. The power series of $f$ can be viewed as the function $\mathscr{P}_f : q \mapsto \sum_{n \in \mathbb{N}_0}^{} f(n)q^n$ where $q \in \mathbb{...
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Do most semigroups have a zero?
It is widely believed in finite semigroup theory that asymptotically almost all finite semigroups $S$, up to isomorphism, are 3-nilpotent, i.e., they satisfy $\#\{abc\,:\,a,b,c\in S\} = 1$. My ...
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What are some examples of non-commutative $\mathbb{Q}$-monoids and/or $\mathbb{R}$-monoids?
Definition 0. Let $R$ denote a commutative semiring with $0$ and $1$. By an $R$-monoid, I mean a monoid $M$ equipped with an action $R \times M \rightarrow M$ denoted $r,m \mapsto m^r$, satisfying the ...
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Reference about cancellation property for semigroups
Have the semigroups with the following cancellation property been studied?
Property: Let $S$ be a semigroup and $x,y\in S$ such that $xz=yz,$ for all $z\in S,$ then $x=y$.
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Are simplicial commutative inverse semigroups fibrant?
Let $X$ be a simplicial object in the category of commutative inverse semigroups (or monoids, if needed). Is the underlying simplicial set of $X$ always a Kan complex? If so, are there some nice ...
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Which CAS can do basic non-commutative differential algebra?
This is a repost of my question at MSE from 7 months ago, to which I haven't been able to find an answer yet.
I am looking for a CAS (possibly incl. additional packages/libraries) that can compute ...
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Trace map on Ext group
Let $R$ be a (possibly non-commutative) unital ring and $M$ be a perfect left $R$-module. Then, we have the trace map
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\operatorname{Tr}\colon \mathrm{Hom}_R(M,M)\to R/[R,R]\,.
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According to the ...
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Combinatorics for the action of Virasoro / Kac–Schwarz operators: partition polynomials of free probability theory
In the background sections below, I establish the relations among characterizations of the action of Virasoro / Kac–Schwarz operators of 2D gravity models presented in terms of Laurent series by ...
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