On Ext-indices of ring extensions

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2008.11.034MaRDI QIDQ1013096zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 16 April 2009

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2866

Homological functors on modules of commutative rings (Tor, Ext, etc.) (13D07) Special types (Cohen-Macaulay, Gorenstein, Buchsbaum, etc.) (13H10) Homological functors on modules (Tor, Ext, etc.) in associative algebras (16E30)

Abstract: In this paper we are concerned with the finiteness property of Ext-indices of several ring extensions. In this direction, we introduce some conjectures and discuss the relationship of them. Also we give affirmative answers to these conjectures in some special cases. Furthermore, we prove that the trivial extension of an Artinian local ring by its residue class field is always of finite Ext-index and we show that the Auslander-Reiten conjecture is true for this type of rings.

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Let \(R\) be a commutative noetherian ring. If \(M, N\) are non-zero \(R\)-modules, we define \[ p^R(M,N):=\sup\{i\in{\mathbb N}\;|\text{Ext}^i_R(M,N)\neq 0\} \text{ and } \] \[ \text{Ext-index}(P):=\sup\{ p^R(M,N) | M,N \text{ are finitely generated } R\text{-modules with } p^R(M,N)<\infty\}. \] \(R\) is called a ring of finite Ext-index if Ext-index\((R)<\infty.\) The aim of this nice paper is to study the following three conjectures: Conjecture (L): If \(R\) is of finite Ext-index and \(\mathfrak{p}\) is a prime ideal of \(R\), then \(R_{\mathfrak{p}}\) is of finite Ext-index. Conjecture (E): Let \(R\) be an algebra over a field \(k\) and \(L\) a finitely generated field extension of \(k.\) If \(R\) is of finite Ext-index, then \(R\otimes_k L\) is of finite Ext-index. Conjecture (P): If \(R\) is of finite Ext-index, then \(R[X]\) is of finite Ext-index. First the relationships between these conjectures are studied and Conjectures (L) and (P) are verified in some special cases. Then it is shown that if \((R,m,k)\) is an artinian local ring, then the trivial extension \(R\ltimes k\) is always of finite Ext-index. The permanence of the finiteness of the Ext-index by base field extension is studied at the end of the paper.

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