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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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Baer sums of extensions

Apologies in advance if this question is too basic, I looked briefly through Weibel and the stacks project and couldn't find any relevant reference. Let $\mathcal{A}$ denote an abelian category, and ...
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What's the deal with De Morgan algebras and Kleene algebras?

The notion of Boolean algebras, and the corresponding classical propositional logic, is very standard, and it is easy to find information about them (for example, among many other such works, there is ...
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Computer program for free restricted Lie polynomial

I am conducting numerical experiments involving the Gröbner–Shirshov Basis for restricted Lie algebras. At each step of the computation, I need to work with restricted Lie polynomials. Specifically, I ...
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Ring theoretical aspects of the DAHA

The double affine Hecke algebras (DAHA) were introduced by Cherednik in his study of Macdonald's inner product conjectures (which were solved affirmatively). Nowdays there are many variations of the ...
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Does a matrix ring over a ring satisfy the Koethe conjecture if the coefficient ring itself satisfies the Koethe conjecture?

I just want to know whether the following statement is true or false. If $R$ is a ring satisfying the Koethe conjecture, then the matrix ring over $R$ also satisfies the Koethe conjecture. Or is it ...
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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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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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Finitely generated projective modules over Noetherian endomorphism ring

Let $\mathcal A$ be a locally Noetherian Grothendieck abelian category and $M\in \mathcal A$ be a Noetherian object. Set $B:=\text{End}_{\mathcal A}(M)$. Let $B$-mod be the category of finitely ...
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Regular nilpotents and minimal parabolic subalgebras in real semisimple Lie algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a real semisimple Lie algebra. A subalgebra $\mathfrak{p}$ of $\mathfrak{g}$ is parabolic if its complexification is parabolic in $\mathfrak{g}_\mathbb{C}$, meaning it contains a ...
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Reference for Gröbner-Shirshov algorithm in free restricted Lie algebras

I am searching for a reference on the Gröbner-Shirshov algorithm specifically for free restricted Lie algebras. I have already consulted the textbook by Bokut et al (Gröbner–Shirshov Bases Normal ...
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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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The base group of a wreath product of an abelian group by $ {\mathbb{Z}}$ is a characterstic subgroup

I've copied over this question from what I asked on Mathematics Stack Exchange, in the hope that some experts here can direct me to some relevant results. Let $A$ be a finitely generated abelian group,...
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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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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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Reference request: locally erasable delta-functor is universal

It is well-documented that an erasable delta-functor $(F^n,\delta)$ is universal. However, in 'small' abelian categories (in the technical sense or otherwise), there aren't always enough objects to ...
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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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Generalized dimension property for rings

My question is very basic, I am looking for a characterization (and name) of rings $R$ satisfying the following property $\star$. For any $V, W$ two finitely generated $R$-modules such that $V\oplus W\...
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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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gcrd and associates of an element of the quaternion algebra over a totally real number field $K$

Let $K$ be a totally real number field of class number 1, and $Q$ the quaternion algebra over the ring of integers of $K$ with basis $\{1,i,j,k\}$ such that $i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = -1$ and $ij = -ji, ik = ...
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Most general filtered algebras with Hilbert polynomials and multiplicities

Let $k$ be any base field and $A$ an affine infinite dimensional $k$-algebra. Let $\mathcal{F}= \{ A_i \}_{i \geq 0}$ be a finite dimensional filtration for $A$: that is, $k \subset A_0$ and each $A_i$...
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My category is rigid: what this implies for representation theory?

I am studying a subcategory $\mathcal{C}$ of modules for an associative noncommutative algebra $A$ (which is in fact also a Hopf algebra). It is clear from our definition of $\mathcal{C}$ that it is ...
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Gelfand-Kirillov dimension and tensor products

$\DeclareMathOperator\GK{GK}$Let $k$ be the base field. The Gelfand-Kirillov dimension was introduced by Gelfand and Kirillov in their seminal paper on the Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture. A very famous ...
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Proof of a folkloric result about PI-algebras [duplicate]

I am not not an specialist in PI-algebras, but I can say I have a rather good understanding on the subject. It is, of course, interesting to discover if an algebra $A$ is a PI-algebra. But it is also ...
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Where is it shown that a countable self-injective ring is semilocal?

In Lawrence, John. "A countable self-injective ring is quasi-Frobenius." Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (1977): 217-220. the first line is this: ...
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Adjoining new factors for primes in UFDs

It is well-known that if we pass from a UFD to a new ring where we have factored one of the primes, it does not need to stay a UFD. The classic example is passing from $\mathbb{Z}$ to $\mathbb{Z}[\...
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Attempts to define a matrix exponential over (as much as possible) general fields

Given a $n \times n$ matrix $A$ over the complex numbers, the exponential of $A$ is defined as $$\exp(A) := \sum_{k = 1}^\infty \frac1{k!} A^k , \qquad \tag{$\star$}\label{468645_star}$$ where ...
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Second cohomology group of the contact Lie algebra $K_3$

Let $F$ be a field of characteristic zero and, for all $n>0$, consider the contact Lie algebra $K_{2n+1}$. It follows from Corollary 3 of the paper [V. Guillemin - S. Shnider: Some stable results ...
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Algebraic K-theory of a ring

I started to learn some algebraic $K$-theory and its relation to geometric topology problems. My question is: What is the list of rings such that all their algebraic $K$-theory groups are known? I ...
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Concrete examples of derived categories

What examples of abelian categories $\mathcal{A}$ are there such that the derived category $\mathcal{D}(\mathcal{A})$ can be described concretely? For example, is there a concrete way of describing $\...
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Reference request for a subfamily of regular graphs

[Repost of same question math stack exchange which got no answers] I'm looking for literature on the following family of graphs: Call a regular graph $G=(V,E)$ (of regularity degree $d$) nice if there ...
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How do I apply the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem?

I have become aware of an amazing phenomenon from a myriad of questions and answers here on MathOverflow: many of the results that I would typically prove using the Axiom of Choice can actually be ...
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Names for product-like algebras involving a "duo of directed pseudoforests"

I am looking for the names (and/or for any information regarding) two algebras, one "free" and one "restricted" by an equivalence class. In both cases, there is an (infix) binary ...
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A recursive description of the smallest divisor-closed subsemigroup containing a set

Let $S$ be a semigroup and $\widehat{S}$ be its unitization, i.e., the monoid obtained from $S$ by adjoining an identity element if necessary (so that $\widehat{S} = S$ when $S$ is already a monoid). ...
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Every homomorphism between (rational) Puiseux monoids is multiplication by a non-negative rational

Let a (rational) Puiseux monoid be a non-trivial submonoid of the non-negative rational numbers under (the usual operation of) addition. It is not difficult to show that, if $f \colon H \to K$ is a (...
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Tangent space of a GIT quotient of $GL_{N}$

Let $G:=\operatorname{GL}_{N}$ act on its Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}:=\mathfrak{gl}_{N}$ by conjugation. Then it acts naturally on the associated ring $\mathcal{O}(\mathfrak{g})$ of (algebraic or ...
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Groups with prescribed Ulm invariants

In Kaplansky's book infinite abelian groups he provides (through some exercises) a complete classification of $p^{\infty}$-torsion countable abelian groups in terms of Ulm invariants. In other words ...
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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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Elementary equivalence for rings

Let $\mathcal{L}$ be a first-order language, and $M$ and $N$ be two $\mathcal{L}$-structures. We say that $M$ and $N$ are elementarily equivalent (write $M \approx N$) if they satisfy the same first-...
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Expositions of the classical approach to local class field theory (Brauer group and Hasse invariant)

I've posted this question already on MSE and didn't get much out of it, so I hope it's OK to repost here. I'm an undergraduate trying to learn local class field theory from the corresponding chapter ...
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Some folklore about crystaline rings of differential operators

This question is a follow up to my previous question on rings of crystaline differential operators, to which I refer for the adequate definitions. First, let's consider the case of an algebraically ...
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Vershik's conjecture about generic quadratic algebras

Is it still unknown whether very general (lying in a countable intersection of some Zariski opens in corresponding Grassmannian) quadratic algebras $R$ with $\operatorname{dim} R_2 < \frac{3}{4}(\...
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WZW primary correlations in terms of current algebra?

Given the $\mathfrak{u}(N)$ algebra with generators $L^a$ and commutation relations $ [L^a,L^b] = \sum_c f^{a,b}_{c} L^c $ , the WZW currents of $U(N)_k$ $$ J(z) = \sum_{n \in \mathbb{Z}} J^a_n z^{-n-...
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$p$-adic Banach group algebra

Let $G$ be a discrete group. Consider the Banach $\mathbb{Z}_p$-algebra: $$c_0(G, \mathbb{Z}_p) = \{ F : G \to \mathbb{Z}_p \mid \lim_{g \to \infty} |F(g)|_p = 0 \}$$ with the product given by the ...
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Reference request for the smallest set( resp. abelian group) that a group ( resp. ring ) has a faithful action on

For a proof of the Cayley's Theorem, it is obvious to see that a group ( resp. ring ) has a faithful action on itself by left-multiplication. I would like to extend the result for a bit and find the ...
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Where has this structure been observed?

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$Let $M$ be a monoid. Consider the following structure: $R_X,R_Y:\mathbb{Z}^2 \to M$ satisfying the following "compatiblity-relation": $$R_X (x, y) \cdot R_Y (x +...
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The "big bracket" in Lie bialgebras

I am looking for a well-written document such as a survey article or textbook that explores the subject of the "big bracket". This concept is briefly introduced in the appendix of Yvette ...
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General reference for finite dimensional $*$-algebras over $\mathbb R$?

What references are there for studying finite-dimensional $*$-algebras over the field $\mathbb R$ in their full generality? We assume these are associative and unital. Note that: Not every algebra ...

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