Semisimple rings of quotients

Cross-sections, Quotients, and Representation Rings of Semisimple Algebraic Groups

LetG be a connected semisimple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field k. In 1965 Steinberg proved that if G is simply connected, then in G there exists a closed irreducible cross-section of the set of closures of regular conjugacy classes. We prove that in arbitrary G such a cross-section exists if and only if the universal covering isogeny τ : b G → G is bijective. In particular, f...

Filtrations in Semisimple Rings

In this paper, we describe the maximal bounded Z-filtrations of Artinian semisimple rings. These turn out to be the filtrations associated to finite Z-gradings. We also consider simple Artinian rings with involution, in characteristic 6= 2, and we determine those bounded Z-filtrations that are maximal subject to being stable under the action of the involution. Finally, we briefly discuss the an...

Quotients of Representation Rings

We give a proof using so-called fusion rings and q-deformations of Brauer algebras that the representation ring of an orthogonal or symplectic group can be obtained as a quotient of a ring Gr(O(∞)). This is obtained here as a limiting case for analogous quotient maps for fusion categories, with the level going to ∞. This in turn allows a detailed description of the quotient map in terms of a re...

Semisimple Strongly Graded Rings

Let G be a finite group and R a strongly G-graded ring. The question of when R is semisimple (meaning in this paper semisimple artinian) has been studied by several authors. The most classical result is Maschke’s Theorem for group rings. For crossed products over fields there is a satisfactory answer given by Aljadeff and Robinson [3]. Another partial answer for skew group rings was given by Al...

Rings of Quotients of Rings of Functions