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Any two bivariate algebraically dependent polynomials are always in the same ring generated by some bivariate polynomial?
If $f(x,y)$ and $g(x,y)$ are two algebraically dependent polynomials over some field $k$, is it true that there exists a bivariate polynomial $p(x,y)$ such that both $f(x,y)$ and $g(x,y)$ are in the ...
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Errata for Atiyah–Macdonald
Is there a good list of errata for Atiyah–Macdonald available? A cursory Google search reveals a laughably short list here, with just a few typos. Is there any source available online which lists ...
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Algebraic stacks from scratch [closed]
I have a pretty good understanding of stacks, sheaves, descent, Grothendieck topologies, and I have a decent understanding of commutative algebra (I know enough about smooth, unramified, étale, and ...
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What is a good introduction to cluster algebras from surfaces?
What is a good reference for cluster algebras from surfaces, with a view to their connection to Teichmuller theory?
In my view, that means it should start off with unpunctured surfaces (and in fact,...
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Detailed modern references for basic properties of Pfaffians over commutative rings
Pfaffians are important to algebraic combinatorics, at least.
This is to propose the making of a 'wiki' list, more modern, precise and compressed than e.g. the relevant Wikipedia page (nothing against ...
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What is Serre's condition (S_n) for sheaves?
The Serre's condition $(S_n)$, especially $(S_2)$, has been mentioned in a few MO answers: see here and here for example. I am pretty sure I have seen it in other questions as well, but could not ...
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Reference book for commutative algebra
I'm looking for a good book in commutative algebra, so I ask here for some advice. My ideal book should be:
More comprehensive than Atiyah–Macdonald
More readable than Matsumura (maybe better ...
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Two conjectures by Gabber on Brauer and Picard groups
In a paper I need to make reference to two conjectures by Gabber, from
Ofer Gabber, On purity for the Brauer group, in: Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, MFO Report No. 37/2004, doi:10.14760/OWR-2004-37
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How to construct a constructive proof from a non-constructive proof using prime ideals?
The sum of two nilpotent elements of a commutative ring is nilpotent. This can be checked by a direct calculation using the binomial theorem. In fact, this calculation shows the stronger statement $x^...
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Where was $I_x/I_x^2$ first introduced? (DG or AG)
Cotangent space appears in both differential geometry (DG) and algebraic geometry (AG).
In DG, given a smooth manifold $M$ and $x\in M$ one has an isomorphism $I_x/I_x^2 \cong T^*_xM$, where $I_x$ is ...
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analysis over non-Archimedean ordered fields
Can anyone suggest any good references for (or any experts on) analysis over non-Archimedean ordered fields, such as the field of rational functions in one variable (ordered at 0, or if you prefer at ...
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Formal completion of the normal bundle
Let me for simplicity start with affine case. If $X=\operatorname{Spec}(A)$ is an affine variety $Z \subset X$ is a closed affine subvariety $Z=\operatorname{Spec}(A/I)$. What conditions are ...
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Conceptual proofs for the computation of the structure sheaf
The following lemma in commutative algebra is important for the foundations of algebraic geometry:
If $A$ is a commutative ring, $U \subseteq A$ is a finite subset generating the unit ideal, then ...
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Why are minimal resolutions of polynomial ideals important?
Background: Let $k$ be a field and denote by $P = k[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ the polynomial ring in $n$ (commuting) variables over $k$. A resolution of an ideal $I \lhd P$ is an exact sequence of $P$-modules $...
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Fibonacci embedded in Catalan?
Given a partition $\lambda$ and its Young diagram $\pmb{Y}_{\lambda}$, we say $\lambda$ is a $(t,s)$-core partition provided that neither $t$ nor $s$ is a hook length in $\pmb{Y}_{\lambda}$. We now ...
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Connectedness of units in finite-dimensional commutative complex algebras
In the following, an algebra will always mean a finite-dimensional associative commutative unital algebra (over some field $k$).
Let $A$ be a $\mathbb{C}$-algebra. I am trying to understand how its ...
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Why is this theorem attributed to J.-P. Serre?
Page $117$ of Atiyah, MacDonald's Introduction to Commutative Algebra text has the following theorem. Let $P(M,t)$ denote the Poincare- series of $M$.
$\textbf{Theorem.}$ $\bigl(\mathsf{Hilbert-Serre}...
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Identity relating iterated determinant line bundles
Suppose that $R$ is a (commutative, unital) ring and that $A$ is a (commutative, unital) $R$-algebra that is projective of constant rank $n$ as an $R$-module. Then $A$ has a "determinant line ...
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A version of Hilbert's Nullstellensatz for real zeros
$\newcommand\R{\Bbb R}$Let $Q(x_1,\dots,x_n)\in\R[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ be an irreducible polynomial such that the dimension of the set $Z:=\{(x_1,\dots,x_n)\in\R^n\colon Q(x_1,\dots,x_n)=0\}$ (defined, say,...
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Generalizing Dedekind's Factorization Theorem
A classical theorem due to Dedekind states the following:
Let $O_{K}$ be the ring of integers of a number field $K$, and assume
$K$ is generated by adjoining the algebraic integer $\alpha$ to
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Generalized Puiseux series for diagonal reflections of the curves $y = \frac{x}{(1-ax)(1-bx)^m}$
Reflection of the curve $y = f_m(x) = \frac{x}{(1-ax)(1-bx)^m}$ through the diagonal line $y=x$ in the $xy$-plane can be regarded as local compositional inversion of the curve $y=f_m(x)$. ($x,y,a,b$ ...
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Which monoids can be realized as the monoid of ideals of a commutative monoid?
Let $H$ be a commutative monoid (written multiplicatively). We say that a set $I \subseteq H$ is an ideal of $H$ if $IH = I$. The set $\mathcal I(H)$ of all ideals of $H$ is made into a (commutative) ...
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Characterizing atomicity in a commutative domain
In Proposition 1.1 of [Math. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 64 (1968), No. 2, 251-264], P.M. Cohn famously claimed (without proof) that a commutative domain is atomic if and only if it satisfies the ...
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Integral domains with finitely many units
Question: Is there a classification of (noetherian if needed) integral domains with finitely many units ? (of course we can exclude fields as trivial examples)
Probably there are many such domains ...
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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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When is an almost geometric quotient flat?
All varieties here are over $\Bbb C$. Let $G$ be a reductive algebraic group acting algebraically on affine $n$-space $\Bbb A^n$. Let $R$ be the coordinate ring of $\Bbb A^n$. Assume that the natural ...
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Cohomology of elementary abelian $p$-groups, i.e. $H(G,{\mathbb F}_p)$ with $G\cong{\mathbb F}_p^r$
I have two questions.
$\bf 1.$ First, a reference request. Let $G\cong{\mathbb F}_p^r$ for some integer $r\geq 0$ and let $V=G^*={\rm Hom}(G,{\mathbb F}_p)$. Then $(H(G,{\mathbb F}_p),+,\cup )$ is a ...
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Socle of a quotient of the ring of differential operators of a polynomial ring
I have been reading the following paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002240491000263X
Proposition 2.4(ii) shows that if $\mathfrak D$ is a ring of $k$-linear differential ...
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Unpacking the plethystic substitution $h_n[n\mathbf{z}]$ in a paper by Aval, Bergeron and Garsia
I'm not familiar with the formalism of plethysm, so I need some help in unpacking the plethystic substitution $h_n[n\mathbf{z}]$ found in eqns. 5.6 and 5.9 of "Combinatorics of labelled ...
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On analytic transcendence degree and Krull dimension for homomorphic images of power series rings
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and $I$ be a radical ideal of $k[[x_1,\ldots, x_n]]$. Let $P$ be a minimal prime ideal of the reduced ring $R:=k[[x_1,\ldots, x_n]]/I$. Then, $R_P$ is a field ...
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formally étale morphisms which are also universally closed
A morphism of schemes which is formally unramified, universally closed, and a monomorphism is a closed immersion. Is it possible to characterize morphisms which are formally etale and universally ...
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A property similar to arithmetical property
By an arithmetical ring is understood a commutative ring $R$ with
identity for which the ideals form a distributive lattice, i.e., for which
$(I+J)\cap K=(I\cap K)+(J\cap K)$ for all ideals $I, J$ ...
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Log associahedra and log noncrossing partitions--raising ops and symmetric function theory for $A_n$ (references)
Where do the following three sets $[LA]$, $[ILA]$, and $[LN]$ of partition polynomials appear in the literature?
There are two sets of partition polynomials, not in the OEIS, that serve as the ...
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