Rigid rings and Makar-Limanov techniques

DOI10.1080/00927872.2012.695832zbMATH Open1344.14036arXiv1005.4949OpenAlexW1938991536MaRDI QIDQ2855415FDOQ2855415

Authors: Anthony J. Crachiola, Stefan Maubach 

Publication date: 25 October 2013

Published in: Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A ring is rigid if there is no nonzero locally nilpotent derivation on it. In terms of algebraic geometry, a rigid coordinate ring corresponds to an algebraic affine variety which does not allow any nontrivial algebraic additive group action. Even though it is thought that "generic" rings are rigid, it is far from trivial to show that a ring is rigid. In this paper we provide several examples of rigid rings and we outline two general strategies to help determine if a ring is rigid, which we call "parametrization techniques" and "filtration techniques". We provide many little tools and lemmas which may be useful in other situations. Also, we point out some pitfalls to beware when using these techniques. Finally, we give some reasonably simple hypersurfaces for which the question of rigidity remains unsettled.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.4949

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zbMATH Keywords

locally nilpotent derivationrigid ringadditive group action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Group actions on affine varieties (14R20)

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