Let $(R, m)$ be a commutative noetherian local ring and let $Gamma$ be a finite group. It is proved that if $R$ admits a dualizing module, then the group ring $Rga$ has a dualizing bimodule as well. Moreover, it is shown that a finitely generated $Rga$-module $M$ has generalized Gorenstein dimension zero if and only if it has generalized Gorenstein dimension zero as an $R$-module.

A relationship between a pair of Laurent series and Riordan arrays is formulated. In addition, a type of generalized Sheffer groups is defined using Riordan arrays with respect to power series with non-zero coefficients. The isomorphism between a generalized Sheffer group and the group of the Riordan arrays associated with Laurent series is established. Furthermore, Appell, associated, Bell, an...

The aim of this paper is to report on recent work on liftings of groups of au-tomorphisms of a formal power series ring over a eld k of characteristic p to characteristic 0, where they are realised as groups of automorphisms of a formal power series ring over a suitable valuation ring R dominating the Witt vectors W(k): We show that the lifting requirement for a group of automorphisms places se...

The purpose of this note is to provide for my algebra class a guide to the proof of Cohen's structure theorem for complete local rings as given by Cohen himself, in the original 1946 paper [C]. In spite of more modern and concise treatments by the likes of Nagata and Grothendieck, the original proof is a model of clarity and the entire paper is a commutative algebra masterpiece. First, a few wo...