Pseudo Drazin inverses in associative rings and Banach algebras (Q442660)

Let \(R\) denote an associative ring with identity and \(J(R)\) and \(U(R)\) denote, respectively, the Jacobson radical and the group of units in \(R\). An element \(a \in R\) is called pseudopolar if there exists an idempotent \(p\) in the double commutant of \(\{a\}\) such that \(a + p \in U(R)\) and \(a^kp \in J(R)\) for some positive integer \(k\). The ring \(R\) is said to be pseudopolar if each element of \(R\) is pseudopolar. The idempotent \(p\) satisfying the above conditions is called a strongly spectral idempotent of \(a\). The authors show that the strongly spectral idempotent is unique and correspond the uniqueness of the strongly spectral idempotent to the double commutant. They connect pseudopolar rings with strongly \(\pi\)-regular rings, semiregular rings and uniquely strongly clean rings. An element \(a \in R\) is called pseudo Drazin invertible if there exists an element \(b\) in the double commutant of \(\{a\}\) such that \(ab^2 = b\) and \(a^k - a^{k+1}b \in J(R)\) for some positive integer \(k\). The authors prove that an element is pseudopolar if and only if it is pseudo Drazin invertible. They also extend some basic properties of Drazin inverses to pseudo Drazin inverses.