Let $R$ be a ring, $sigma$ be an endomorphism of $R$ and $M_R$ be a $sigma$-rigid module. A module $M_R$ is called quasi-Baer if the right annihilator of a principal submodule of $R$ is generated by an idempotent. It is shown that an $R$-module $M_R$ is a quasi-Baer module if and only if $M[[x]]$ is a quasi-Baer module over the skew power series ring $R[[x,sigma]]$.

The field of generalized power series with real coefficients and exponents in an ordered abelian divisible group G is a classical tool in the study of real closed fields. We prove the existence of irreducible elements in the ring R((G≤0)) consisting of the generalized power series with non-positive exponents. The following candidate for such an irreducible series was given by Conway (1976): ∑ n...