Unimodular elements in projective modules and an analogue of a result of mandal

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Abstract: Let R be a Noetherian commutative ring of dimension n, A=R[X1,cdots,Xm] be a polynomial ring over R and P be a projective A[T]-module of rank n. Assume that P/TP and Pf both contain a unimodular element for some monic polynomial f(T)inA[T]. Then P has a unimodular element.


Let \(R\) be a commutative noetherian ring of dimension \(n\), a celebrated result due to Serre says that projective \(R\)-modules of rank \(> n\) contain a unimodular element. There are several generalization of this result for special rings. In the paper under review, the authors look for obstructions for a projective module of rank \(n\) over the above special rings to contain a unimodular element. More precisely, for a projective \(R[X_1, \cdots , X_m]\)-module of rank \(n\), \(P\), they associate an obstruction for \(P\) to split off a free summand of rank one.











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