Stable rank of down-up algebras (Q1734227)

Down-up algebras have been introduced by \textit{G. Benkart} and \textit{T. Roby} [J. Algebra 209, No. 1, 305--344 (1998; Zbl 0922.17006)] motivated by the study of partially ordered sets \(posets\). Given a field \(k\) and constants \(\alpha, \beta,\gamma \in k\), the down-up algebra \(A=A(\alpha, \beta,\gamma )\) is the associative algebra generated over \(k\) by the operators \(U\) and \(D\), subject to the defining relations: \(DU^2=\alpha UDU+\beta U^2 D+\gamma U\) and \(D^2 U=\alpha DUD + \beta UD^2+\gamma D\). The authors investigate the behavior of finitely generated projective modules over a down-up algebra. Specifically, they show that every noetherian down-up algebra \(A(\alpha, \beta,\gamma )\) has a non-free, stably free right ideal. Further, they compute the stable rank of these algebras using Stafford's stable range theorem and Kmax dimension.