We present an algorithm to compute the primary decomposition of a submodule N of the free module Z[x1, . . . , xn]. For this purpose we use algorithms for primary decomposition of ideals in the polynomial ring over the integers. The idea is to compute first the minimal associated primes of N , i.e. the minimal associated primes of the ideal Ann(Z[x1, . . . , xn]/N ) in Z[x1, . . . , xn] and the...

Positively graded algebras are fairly natural objects which are arduous to be studied. In this article we query quotients of non-standard graded polynomial rings with combinatorial and commutative algebra methods.

In the study of algebraic groups the representative functions related to monoid algebras over fields provide an important tool which also yields the finite dual coalgebra of any algebra over a field. The purpose of this note is to transfer this basic construction to monoid algebras over commutative rings R. As an application we obtain a bialgebra (Hopf algebra) structure on the finite dual of t...

The duality theorem of Greenlees and May relating local cohomology with support on an ideal I and the left derived functors of I-adic completion [GM92] holds for rather general ideals in commutative rings. Here, simple formulas are provided for both local cohomology and derived functors of Z-graded completion, when I is a monomial ideal in the Z-graded polynomial ring k[x1, . . . , xn]. Greenle...

For k a field of arbitrary characteristic, and R a k-algebra, we show that the PI degree of an iterated skew polynomial ring R[x1; τ1, δ1] · · · [xn; τn, δn] agrees with the PI degree of R[x1; τ1] · · · [xn; τn] when each (τi, δi) satisfies a qi-skew relation for qi ∈ k and extends to a higher qi-skew τi-derivation. We confirm the quantum Gel’fand-Kirillov conjecture for various quantized coord...

Let F be a field. We show that certain subrings contained between the polynomial ring F [X] = F [X1, · · · , Xn] and the power series ring F [X][[Y ]] = F [X1, · · · , Xn][[Y ]] have Weierstrass Factorization, which allows us to deduce both unique factorization and the Noetherian property. These intermediate subrings are obtained from elements of F [X][[Y ]] by bounding their total X-degree abo...

Let R be an associative ring with identity, C(R) denote the center of R, and g(x) be a polynomial in the polynomial ring C(R)[x]. R is called strongly g(x)-clean if every element r ∈ R can be written as r = s+u with g(s) = 0, u a unit of R, and su = us. The relation between strongly g(x)-clean rings and strongly clean rings is determined, some general properties of strongly g(x)-clean rings are...

For any free partially commutative monoid M(E, I), we compute the global dimension of the category of M(E, I)-objects in an Abelian category with exact coproducts. As a corollary, we generalize Hilbert’s Syzygy Theorem to polynomial rings in partially commuting variables.

Let $R$ be an infinite ring. Here we prove that if $0_R$ belongs to ${x_1x_2cdots x_n ;|; x_1,x_2,dots,x_nin X}$ for every infinite subset $X$ of $R$, then $R$ satisfies the polynomial identity $x^n=0$. Also we prove that if $0_R$ belongs to ${x_1x_2cdots x_n-x_{n+1} ;|; x_1,x_2,dots,x_n,x_{n+1}in X}$ for every infinite subset $X$ of $R$, then $x^n=x$ for all $xin R$.

We prove that the recursively enumerable relations over a polynomial ring R[t], where R is the ring of integers in a totally real number field, are exactly the Diophantine relations over R[t].