Extremely noncommutative elements in rings.

DOI10.1007/S00605-007-0505-1MaRDI QIDQ2481342zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Howard E. Bell, A. Klein

Publication date 9 April 2008

Published in Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00605-007-0505-1

zbMATH Keywords

centralizerscommutativity theoremsextremely noncommutative elementsfinite ringsindecomposable ringsPeirce decompositionsperiodic ringspotent elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure and classification for modules, bimodules and ideals (except as in 16Gxx), direct sum decomposition and cancellation in associative algebras) (16D70) Finite rings and finite-dimensional associative algebras (16P10) Center, normalizer (invariant elements) (associative rings and algebras) (16U70) Generalizations of commutativity (associative rings and algebras) (16U80)

Review text

Let \(R\) be an associative algebra over a commutative ring \(K\) with 1 and \(E_K(R)\) be the set of all elements \(a\in R\) such that the centralizer of \(a\) in \(R\) is the subalgebra \(aK[a]\) generated by \(a\). The authors prove the following main results: i) if \(R\) is a \(K\)-algebra and \(E_K(R)=R\setminus\{0\}\) then \(F=K/\text{Ann}_KR\) is a field and \(R\) is isomorphic to either \(F\), or \(\left(\begin{smallmatrix} 0&F\\ 0&0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\), \(\left(\begin{smallmatrix} F&F\\ 0&0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\), \(\left(\begin{smallmatrix} F&0\\ F&0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\); ii) if \(R\) is an infinite ring in which every noncentral element is in \(E_Z(R)\) then \(R\) is a commutative ring; iii) if \(R\) is a finite noncommutative ring in which every noncentral element is in \(E_Z(R)\) then either \(R\) is nilpotent or \(R\) is isomorphic to \(\left(\begin{smallmatrix}\text{GF}(p)&\text{GF}(p)\\ 0&0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\), \(\left(\begin{smallmatrix}\text{GF}(p)&0\\ \text{GF}(p)&0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\).

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Cites work

• A commutativity-or-finiteness condition for rings.
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• On the condition that powers preserve noncentralness
• Finite rings in which commutativity is transitive.
• Some small-centralizer properties for rings.

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