Chains of prime ideals and primitivity of \(\mathbb Z\)-graded algebras. (Q2355236)

The authors study affine, prime, \(\mathbb Z\)-graded algebras \(R=\bigoplus_{i\in \mathbb Z} R_i\) generated by elements with degrees \(1\), \(-1\) and \(0\), with \(R_0\) finite-dimensional. The results are as follows. 1) These algebras have finite classical Krull dimension when they have quadratic growth. 2) If \(R_ k\neq 0\) for almost all \(k\) then \(R\) is semiprimitive, moreover, \(R_0\) is semiprimitive. If in addition \(R\) has GK-dimension less than 3 then \(R\) is either primitive or PI. 3) The tensor product of an arbitrary Brown-McCoy radical algebra of Gelfand-Kirillov dimension less than three and any other algebra is Brown-McCoy radical. 4) The authors also establish an analogue of Bergman's gap theorem for ideals.