Polynomial extensions of quasi-Baer rings. (Q2387178)

\textit{E. P. Armendariz} [J. Aust. Math. Soc. 18, 470-473 (1974; Zbl 0292.16009)] proved that a polynomial extension \(R[x]\) of a reduced ring \(R\) is a Baer ring if and only if \(R\) is Baer. Some generalizations of this result to more general classes of rings (quasi-Baer, p.p.-rings and p.q.-Baer) and different classes of ring extensions were provided by different authors. This paper goes in this direction. Let \(R\) be an \((\alpha,\delta)\)-compatible ring where \(\alpha,\delta\colon R\to R\) are an endomorphism and an \(\alpha\)-derivation, respectively (compatibility means \(ab=0\Leftrightarrow a\alpha(b)=0\) and \(ab=0\Rightarrow a\delta(b)=0\), respectively, for all \(a,b\in R\)). Under these assumptions the authors prove: \(R\) is quasi-Baer if and only if \(R[x;\alpha,\delta]\) is quasi-Baer if and only if \(R[\![x;\alpha]\!]\) is quasi-Baer; \(R\) is left p.q.-Baer if and only if \(R[x;\alpha,\delta]\) is left p.q.-Baer if and only if \(R[x,x^{-1};\alpha]\) is left p.q.-Baer, and if \(\alpha\) is an automorphism \(R\) is quasi-Baer if and only if \(R[\![x,x^{-1};\alpha]\!]\) is quasi-Baer. Proofs are based on the connection between skew versions of Armendariz rings and the lifting of purity of left annihilators of principal left ideals. Several examples show that the conditions studied are not superfluous.