Finitely star regular domains (Q2078398)

In analogy to star regularity, the author defines a commutative integral domain \(R\) to be {\em finitely star regular}, if \(|\mathrm{StarFC}(T)|\le |\mathrm{StarFC}(R)|\) for every overring \(T\) of \(R\) (this inequality holds if \(\mathrm{StarFC}(R)\) is infinite). Here \(\mathrm{StarFC}(R)\) is the set of the star operations of finite type on \(R\). Integrally closed domains are finitely star regular. Star regularity does not imply and it is not implied by finite star regularity. Extending known results, the author shows that if \(R\) is a one-dimensional domain of finite character such that \(\mathrm{StarFC}(R)\) is finite, then \(\mathrm{StarFC}(R)=\prod_{M\in \mathrm{Max}(R)} \mathrm{StarFC}(R_{M})\), and if \(R\) is a one-dimensional quasi-Prüfer domain (that is, having Prüfer integral closure) such that \(\mathrm{StarFC}(R)\) is finite, then \(R\) is finitely star regular if and only if \(R_{M}\) is finitely star regular for every maximal ideal \(M\) of \(R\). Quoting from the author's abstract: ``we handle the finite star regular domains issued from classical pullback constructions to construct finitely star regular domains that are not star regular.'