Birings and plethories of integer-valued polynomials

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Abstract: Let A and B be commutative rings with identity. An {it A-B-biring} is an A-algebra S together with a lift of the functor HomA(S,−) from A-algebras to sets to a functor from A-algebras to B-algebras. An {it A-plethory} is a monoid object in the monoidal category, equipped with the composition product, of A-A-birings. The polynomial ring A[X] is an initial object in the category of such structures. The D-algebra Int(D) has such a structure if D=A is a domain such that the natural D-algebra homomorphism is an isomorphism for n=2 and injective for nleq4. This holds in particular if hetan is an isomorphism for all n, which in turn holds, for example, if D is a Krull domain or more generally a TV PVMD. In these cases we also examine properties of the functor HomD(Int(D),−) from D-algebras to D-algebras, which we hope to show is a new object worthy of investigation in the theory of integer-valued polynomials.











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