The elasticity of Puiseux monoids

DOI10.1216/JCA.2020.12.319zbMATH Open1457.20047arXiv1703.04207OpenAlexW3083527780MaRDI QIDQ2199711FDOQ2199711

Christopher O'Neill, Felix Gotti

Publication date: 14 September 2020

Published in: Journal of Commutative Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M$ be an atomic monoid and let $x$ be a non-unit element of $M$. The elasticity of $x$, denoted by $ho(x)$, is the ratio of its largest factorization length to its shortest factorization length, and it measures how far is $x$ from having a unique factorization. The elasticity $ho(M)$ of $M$ is the supremum of the elasticities of all non-unit elements of $M$. The monoid $M$ has accepted elasticity if $ho(M)=ho(m)$ for some $minM$. In this paper, we study the elasticity of Puiseux monoids (i.e., additive submonoids of $mathbb{Q}_{ge0}$). First, we characterize the Puiseux monoids $M$ having finite elasticity and find a formula for $ho(M)$. Then we classify the Puiseux monoids having accepted elasticity in terms of their sets of atoms. When $M$ is a primary Puiseux monoid, we describe the topology of the set of elasticities of $M$, including a characterization of when $M$ is a bounded factorization monoid. Lastly, we give an example of a Puiseux monoid that is bifurcus (that is, every nonzero element has a factorization of length at most $2$).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.04207

zbMATH Keywords

factorizationnumerical monoidPuiseux monoid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Commutative rings defined by factorization properties (e.g., atomic, factorial, half-factorial) (13F15) Commutative semigroups (20M14) Arithmetic theory of semigroups (20M13)

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