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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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On the deformation theory of associative algebras

Let us start by recalling the notion of a formal deformation: Let $K$ be a field of characteristic zero and $A$ be an associative $K$-algebra. Consider a commutative augmented $K$-algebra $R$, with ...
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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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Inner product on Standard form of von Neumann algebra

Let $(M, H, H_+,J)$ be a standard form of a von Neumann algebra $M$ acting on a complex Hilbert space $H$ endowed with a self-dual cone $H_+$. Is it true that $$\langle x,yz\rangle=\langle zx,y\rangle$...
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Extension of work by Novelli and Thibon on noncommutative symmetric functions and Lagrange inversion

(Edit May 12, 2023: I just put up a brief summary of some of my notes on the partition polynomials described below in my WordPress mini-arXiv at "As Above, So Below". It contains multinomial ...
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Condition for equality of modules generated by columns of matrices

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with unit. Let $M_A$ denote the submodule of $R^m$ generated by columns of a matrix $A$ with entries in $R$. Suppose we are given two matrices $A,B \in R^{m \times k}$. I ...
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Relation(s) between units and nilpotent elements in graded noncommutative rings

In Commutative Algebra we have the following standard facts which I am going to state in a slightly different form than usually found in textbooks. Namely, let $A$ be a commutative unital ring of ...
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Symmetry of unique generator property

In this article: Canfell, M. J. "Completion of Diagrams by Automorphisms and Bass′ First Stable Range Condition." Journal of algebra 176.2 (1995): 480-503. the author defines a ring $R$ to ...
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Noncommutative group schemes corresponding to quantum groups

I'm not an expert on quantum groups by any stretch, so forgive me if this question seems overly naive. That said, I was wondering if there is a way (or if there has been any attempt in the literature) ...
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Reference request: Left $R/k$-modules [closed]

In the paper titled: On the module of differentials of a noncommutative algebra and symmetric biderivations of a semiprime algebra I found the following definition: Let $k$ be a commutative ring with ...
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The combinatorics of $(f \partial)^n$ in the noncommutative setting?

This is a noncommutative version of these three previous questions: differential operator power coefficients Сlosed formula for $(g\partial)^n$ A Leibniz-like formula for $(f(x) \frac{d}{dx})^n f(x)$? ...
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Rings s.t. each element has a power lying in the center (and their completely prime ideals)

Let $R$ be a ring (throughout, all rings are associative and unital). We say $R$ satisfies condition (C) if, for every $a \in R$, there exists an integer $n \ge 1$ (depending on $a$) such that $a^n$ ...
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'Lie correspondence' for formal power series in non-commuting indeterminates

This is related to an earlier question of mine. I would like an argument or a reference (or a missing hypothesis if needed) for the following. Let $\mathbb{F}\langle\langle \alpha\rangle\rangle$ and ...
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Question concerning the coefficients of block idempotents

Let $G$ be a finite group. Let $p$ be a prime number such that $p \mid |G|$. Let Irr$(G)$ denote the set of ordinary irreducible characters of $G$. For $\chi\in$ Irr$(G)$ define $e_{\chi} := \frac{\...
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Every module of finite uniform dimension is a direct sum of (finitely many) indecomposable

Crossposted on StackExchange on July 28 (no answer so far). Let $R$ be a (commutative or non-commutative, associative, unital) ring. It is well known that any artinian or noetherian $R$-module $M$ can ...
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Do $r(a) \leq^\oplus R$ and $r(a) = r(a^2)$ imply $r(a) = eR$ and $aR \subseteq (1-e)R$ for some idempotent $e$?

Let $R$ be a (commutative or non-commutative, associative) ring with unity, and let $a$ be an element of $R$ such that $r(a) = r(a^2)$, where $r(\cdot)$ denotes a right annihilator. It follows that $r(...
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Rings where every indecomposable principal right ideal is extensive

Let $R$ be a (commutative or non-commutative, associative) unital ring. Following Nicholson & Yousif [1, p. 21], we say that a right ideal $\mathfrak i$ of $R$ is extensive if every $R$-linear ...
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Every non-zero submodule of $R_R$ has an indecomposable direct summand: True when $R$ is von Neumann regular?

Let's say that a (right) module $M$ is well complemented if every non-zero submodule of $M$ has an indecomposable direct summand (by the way, is there a better or more standard name for this property?)...
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On the rings $R$ with the property that $eR \cong fR$ for all primitive idempotents $e, f \in R$

Let $R$ be a (commutative or non-commutative) ring with identity. As usual, an idempotent $e \in R$ is primitive if $eR$ (the principal right ideal generated by $e$) is indecomposable as a right ...
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What are the topics in noncommutative algebraic geometry?

Preface: I know very little about noncommutative algebra and noncommutative geometry, so please feel free to make improvement suggestions for my question. Also, to my knowledge there are several ...
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Origins of a theorem on an atomic factorizations in domains and cancellative monoids satisfying the ACCPL and the ACCPR

Let $H$ be a (commutative or non-commutative) monoid. We say that $H$ satisfies the ACCPL (ascending chain condition on principal left ideals) if there exists no infinite sequence of principal left ...
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Is there any non-commutative ring such that every element other than the identity is a zero divisor?

A (unital) ring $R$ with the property that every element other than the identity $1_R$ is a (two-sided) zero divisor, seems to be commonly called a "$0$-ring" or "$\mathcal O$-ring"...
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Is there any structural characterization of the rings in which every element other than the identity is a (two-sided) zero divisor?

[I fear that I'm missing something obvious here, but I'll dare to ask anyway.] As we all know, a division ring is a (unital, associative, non-zero) ring where every non-zero element is a unit. So, let ...
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The ring of upper triangular $n$-by-$n$ matrices over a skew field is (left and right) Rickart

Let $T_n(R)$ be the ring of upper triangular $n$-by-$n$ matrices with entries in a (commutative or non-commutative) unital ring $R$. It happened to me to note that, if $R$ is a skew field, then $T_2(R)...
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Is there Z_n graded supersymmetry?

I have tried searching for something similar to what is described below, but to no avail. It would be great if somebody could show some right references, where this has been done, or explain why such ...
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Bi-differential operators in the definition of star product in deformation quantisation

Let $X$ be an (affine) Poisson variety (not necessarily smooth) over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 (such as $\mathbb{C}$), denote $\mathcal{O}(X)$ its ring of functions and $\{-,-\}...
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Reference request: the UEA of the LR-algebra of tangent vector fields on a smooth manifold coincides with the derivation ring and the ring of diff ops

Let $\mathcal{M}$ be a smooth real manifold and let $A:= \mathcal{C}\left(\mathcal{M}\right)$ be the real algebra of smooth functions on $\mathcal{M}$. Recall from McConnell, Robson, Noncommutative ...
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Survey of recent developments of the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension

It is almost two decades since the now classical books by McConnell and Robinson's [ Noncommutative Noetherian rings. With the cooperation of L. W. Small. Revised edition. Graduate Studies in ...
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Cohn localization examples

I'm working on my master's thesis, part of which involves an exposition on Cohn localization. (nlab discussion) In Free ideal rings and localization in general rings, Sec 7.4, Cohn gives a ...
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Rings $R$ such that every [regular] square matrix with entries in $R$ is equivalent to an upper triangular matrix

Let $\text{M}_n(R)$ be the ring of $n$-by-$n$ matrices with entries in a commutative unital ring $R$. Theorem III in C.R. Yohe, Triangular and Diagonal Forms for Matrices over Commutative ...
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Ideal structure of a tensor product of certain algebras

I would be grateful if anyone could give me a reference regarding the following question. Suppose that $A$ and $B$ are two unital prime algebras over a field $F$ whose center consists of scalar ...
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Reference request: Hecke agebra over non-commutative rings

I think the title sums it up quite well: Is it a useful idea to define the Iwahori-Hecke algebra over a non-commutative $k$-algebra? If so, what shape should the relations attain? Bonus question: ...
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Notation and reference for polynomials with coefficients not commuting with the indeterminates

Let $R$ be a noncommutative ring (with unit). Then a "fully noncommutative" (for a lack of better wording) monomial over $R$ in the single noncommutative indeterminate $X$ of degree $d$ is given by a ...
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Graded category O for for rational Cherednik algebras, but at t=0

The paper [1] introduced the category $\mathcal{O}$ for rational Cherednik algebras $H_{t,c}(W)$. This construction is tailored for the $t=1$ case (equivalently, the $t\neq 0$ case). The general setup ...
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Why Jacobson, but not the left (right) maximals individually?

I firstly asked the following question on MathStackExchange a couple of months ago. I did not receive any answers, but a short comment. So, I decided to post it here, hoping to receive answers from ...
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nth term in the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula

I am trying to prove a result for which I need the nth term of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. I came at this particular result (which is not of significance for the question, but mentioning for ...
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Noncommutative HKR theorem

What is the analog of HKR theorem in the noncommutative world? Recall that the well-known theorem by Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg says that for a smooth commutative algebra $A$ of finite type over a ...
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What are the main open problems in the theory of quasigroups and loops?

What are the main open problems in the theory of quasigroups and loops? A short survey would be welcome. Thanks
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Explicit isomorphism for quaternion algebras over $\mathbb{Q}$?

It is known that the isomorphism class of a quaternion algebra $A=\binom{a,b}{K}$ over a number field $K$ is determined by the finite set of places $v$ of $K$ where $A\otimes_K K_v$ is a division ...
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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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$\mathrm{rk}_R M$ 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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Algorithmically finite-dimensional (noncommutative) algebras.

Can anyone help to find some information about these structures?
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Example of computation of moduli space of $n$-pointe modules?

I am looking for an example of computation of the isomorphism classes of $n$-point modules over a non-commutative generated graded algebra (assuming all good properties such as Noetherian property). ...
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Fat modules on some algebras.

Let $A$ be a graded $k$-algebra and $M$ a graded right $A$-module. $M$ is called a fat $A$-module if it is generated by degree $0$ and has constant Hilbert polynomial $2$. I wonder for which finitely ...
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Noncommutative Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity

I am looking for noncommutative version of Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity. To be more precise, let $A=\oplus_{i=0}^{\infty}A_{i}$ be a $good$ (finite global dimension, connected etc) noncommutative ...
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Moduli space of modules over non-commutative rings

Let $X=Proj(A)$ be a projective scheme, one can the moduli space of coherent sheaves on $X$ with fixed Hilbert polynomial and stability. Since coherent sheaves on $X$ are all obtained as the ...
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Deformation of modules over noncommutaitve rings

Let $M$ be a finitely generated module over a commutative ring $R$. The first order deformation of module $M$ is parametrized by $Ext^{1}(M,M)$ and the obstruction is parametrized by $Ext^{2}(M,M)$. ...
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A reference on semisimple linear algebra

Is there any literature where the tools familiar from (multi)linear algebra are systematically transferred to the setting of semisimple modules over noncommutative rings? In fact this question is a ...
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Classification of long exact sequences

Let $\mathcal C$ be the category of long exact sequences of finitely generated abelian groups almost all of whose entries vanish. The category $\mathcal C$ is naturally additive as a subcategory of ...
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