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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Algorithmically finite-dimensional (noncommutative) algebras.
Can anyone help to find some information about these structures?
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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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Binomial Expansion for non-commutative setting
What could be a reference about binomial expansions for non-commutative elements?
Specifically, where can I find a closed formula for the expansion of $(A+B)^n$ where $[A,B]=C$ and $[C,A]=[C,B]=0$?
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