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Picard group of almost module category

I am very new to the world of almost mathematics and I am curious about the following: Fix an almost mathematics situation $(R,I)$ throughout. Very generally, the almost module category comes with a ...
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Finite étale cover of factorial ring

Let $A$ be a regular factorial ring. Consider $B=A[X]/(P)$ such that $B$ is finite étale over $A$. When do we have that $B$ is also factorial?
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$K_0((k[x]/(x^2))[y])$

Let $K_0(R):= K_0(P(R))$ where $P(R)$ is the category of finitely generated projective $R$-modules, where $R$ is a commutative ring with unity. Now if $R = k[x]/(x^2)$, $R$ is a local ring thus all ...
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When $R $ is a cusp then $K_0(R) \ncong K_0(R[s])$

Quillen's classical result shows that if $R$ is a regular ring then $K_0(R) \cong K_0(R[t_1,...,t_m])$ for all $m \in \mathbb{N}$. So I wanted to construct some elementary examples where $K_0(R)$ ...
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Automorphisms of matrix algebras and Picard group

This is a repost of https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4692364/automorphisms-of-matrix-algebras-and-picard-group (asked on MSE). Notation. In what follows, $R$ is a commutative ring with $1$, $n\...
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Picard group of a cusp [duplicate]

$\DeclareMathOperator\Pic{Pic}$For a commutative ring with unity $R$, if $R_{\mathrm{red}}$ is semi-normal then we have an equivalent criterion which states that $\Pic(R) \cong \Pic(R[t])$. Here $\Pic(...
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Picard group vs class group

The question. Let $R$ be a commutative ring. Let $M$ be an $R$-module with the property that there exists an $R$-module $N$ such that $M\otimes_R N\cong R$. Does there always exist an ideal $I$ of $R$ ...
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Bézout ring with non-trivial Picard group?

[I asked this on stackexchange here a few weeks ago to no response] A ring is called Bézout when its finitely generated ideals are principal. Q: Is there a nice example of a Bézout ring $R$ with ...
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On a morphism from the Brauer group to the Picard group

Suppose that $k$ is a commutative ring and that $A$ is an Azumaya $k$-algebra. Then there is a well-known morphism from $Aut_{Alg_k}(A)$, the group of algebra automorphisms, to the Picard group $Pic(k)...
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Picard group and reduced schemes

$\DeclareMathOperator\Pic{Pic}$If $A$ is a ring, then we know that $\Pic(A)=\Pic(A_\text{red})$, but for a scheme $X$ it is false in general. On the other hand, we have that $\Pic(X)=H^{1}_{et}(X,\...
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Center Picard group non-commutative algebra

I am wondering if there is a way to describe the center of the Picard group of a non-commutative algebra. Namely, let $A$ be a finitely generated algebra over a field $k$. Denote by $\mathrm{Pic}(A)$...
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Two questions about finiteness of ideal classes in abstract number rings

Let us say that an abstract number ring is an integral domain $R$ which is not a field, and which has the "finite norms" property: for any nonzero ideal $I$ of $R$, the quotient $R/I$ is finite. (I ...
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Seeking Noetherian normal domain with vanishing Picard group but not a UFD

Once again, the question says it all. My motivation is the article on factorization I am writing. I want to explain (as well as to understand!) why for normal Noetherian domains of dimension greater ...
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What is the right definition of the Picard group of a commutative ring?

This is a rather technical question with no particular importance in any case of actual interest to me, but I've been writing up some notes on commutative algebra and flailing on this point for some ...
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