The length and depth of associative algebras

DOI10.2140/PJM.2021.311.197zbMATH Open1491.16022arXiv2004.06920OpenAlexW3016643721MaRDI QIDQ2057577FDOQ2057577

Authors: Damian Sercombe, Aner Shalev 

Publication date: 7 December 2021

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recently there has been considerable interest in studying the length and the depth of finite groups, algebraic groups and Lie groups. In this paper we introduce and study similar notions for algebras. Let $k$ be a field and let $A$ be an associative, not necessarily unital, algebra over $k$. An unrefinable chain of $A$ is a chain of subalgebras $A=A_0>A_1>\mathrm{...}>A_t=0$ for some integer $t$ where each $A_i$ is a maximal subalgebra of $A_{i-1}$. The maximal (respectively, minimal) length of such an unrefinable chain is called the length (respectively, depth) of $A$. It turns out that finite length, finite depth and finite dimension are equivalent properties for $A$. For $A$ finite dimensional, we give a formula for the length of $A$, we bound the depth of $A$, and we study when the length of $A$ equals its dimension and its depth respectively. Finally, we investigate under what circumstances the dimension of $A$ is bounded above by a function of its length, or its depth, or its length minus its depth.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.06920

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zbMATH Keywords

depthlengthassociative algebraschain conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite rings and finite-dimensional associative algebras (16P10) Chain conditions on other classes of submodules, ideals, subrings, etc.; coherence (associative rings and algebras) (16P70)

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