Polynomial rings over Jacobson-Hilbert rings (Q912925)

Starting point of the paper is the question whether the property of being SISI, i.e. every subdirect irreducible quotient of a commutative ring R \(with\quad 1\) is self-injective, extends to the polynomial ring R[x]. It is answered in the negative by a certain split-null extension (K,N) where K is an arbitrary field and N any vector space over K of not to small dimension. Furthermore the property of being ``Monica'' is investigated, meaning that every ideal I of R[x] for which R[x]/I is subdirectly irreducible (so-called COSI ideal) contains a monic polynomial \(\neq 0\). By means of a characterization of Jacobson-Hilbert rings (usually named Hilbert or Jacobson rings by Kaplansky and Bourbaki, respectively) by maximal ideals of R[x] it is shown in particular that a Noetherian ring is Monica iff it is Jacobson-Hilbert and that a Jacobson-Hilbert ring is Monica iff every quotient R[x]/I, I being a COSI ideal, is a local ring. Finally the properties SISI and Monica are characterized in the case of Morita rings, von Neumann rings and others. Minor changes are given in the addendum.