Ore extensions of Baer and p.p.-rings. (Q1584034)

A ring \(R\) is called Baer (resp. right PP) if the right annihilator of every nonempty subset (resp. singleton subset) is generated as a right ideal by an idempotent. Similarly left PP rings can be defined. A ring is called PP if it is both right and left PP. Let \(\alpha\) be an endomorphism of a ring \(R\). Then according to \textit{J. Krempa} [Algebra Colloq. 3, No. 4, 289-300 (1996; Zbl 0859.16019)] \(\alpha\) is said to be rigid if \(r\alpha(r)=0\) implies \(r=0\) for \(r\in R\). A ring \(R\) is said to be \(\alpha\)-rigid if there exists a rigid endomorphism \(\alpha\) of \(R\). For an endomorphism \(\alpha\) and \(\delta\) an \(\alpha\)-derivation of a ring \(R\), assume that \(R\) is \(\alpha\)-rigid. Then it is shown that \(R\) is a Baer ring if and only if the Ore extension \(R[x;\alpha,\delta]\) is a Baer ring if and only if the skew power series ring \(R[[x;\alpha]]\) is a Baer ring. Also, it is proved under the same hypothesis that \(R\) is a PP ring if and only if the Ore extension \(R[x;\alpha,\delta]\) is a PP ring.