Class groups of multiplicative invariants

DOI10.1006/JABR.1995.1296MaRDI QIDQ1908472zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Lorenz

Publication date 31 March 1996

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://semanticscholar.org/paper/77961fed5d78723a0e1ec98510481259e37108f1

zbMATH Keywords

class groupsfinite subgroups of \(\text{GL}_ d(\mathbb{Z})\)fixed ringsfree Abelian groupsgroup algebraslinear actions on polynomial algebrasmultiplicative actionsunique factorisation domains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Class groups (13C20) Group rings (16S34) Automorphisms and endomorphisms (16W20)

Review text

Let \(S=kA\) be the group algebra of the free abelian group \(A\) of finite rank \(d\) over the field \(k\), and let \(G\) be a finite subgroup of \(\text{GL}_d(\mathbb{Z})\). Thus \(G\) acts on \(A\) and by extension on \(S\) -- these are the multiplicative actions of the title, which have been studied in a series of papers by \textit{D. R. Farkas}, who asks [in Group Actions on Rings, Contemp. Math. 43, 69-80 (1985; Zbl 0573.16005)] for a characterisation of when the fixed ring \(R=S^G\) is a unique factorisation domain. The main result answers this question by describing the class group \(\text{Cl }R\) of \(R\). Let \(N\) be the subgroup of \(G\) generated by reflections, \(D\) the subgroup generated by the reflections diagonalizable over \(\mathbb{Z}\). Then \(\text{Cl }R\cong\text{Hom}(G/N,k^*)\oplus H^1(G/D,A^D)\). This result contrasts with the classical case of linear actions on polynomial \(k\)-algebras, where only the first summand appears, as shown by \textit{P. Samuel} [Lectures on unique factorisation domains (Tata Inst. Lect. Notes 30, 1964; Zbl 0184.06601)]. Notwithstanding the different conclusion, the technique of proof is similar to Samuel's.

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