Characterizations of left orders in left Artinian rings. (Q2874706)

Several authors have dealt with the question when a ring \(R\) admits a left Artinian left quotient ring. For example, Small, Hajarnavis, and Robson have given necessary and sufficient criteria. Tachikawa obtained a module-theoretic characterization. The crux may be seen in the condition that elements regular modulo the prime radical \(N(R)\) stay regular in \(R\), a condition that is not easy to verify.NEWLINENEWLINE The author gives a very careful analysis of the problem. He points out that the known criteria are ``strong'' in the sense that they refer to the ring \(R\) itself. By contrast, he provides several ``weak'' criteria, referring to the factor ring \(R/N(R)\) instead, hence being stronger than the previous ones -- stronger in making it easier to check whether a left quotient ring exists and is left Artinian. The above mentioned, notoriously ``strong'' condition \(\mathcal C(N(R))\subset\mathcal C(0)\), has been weakened a little in one of the theorems, but not completely resolved. It seems to be the persistent stumbling block that prevents orders in Artinian rings from being handled as easily as semiprime Goldie rings.