Structural properties of subadditive families with applications to factorization theory

DOI10.1007/S11856-019-1922-2arXiv1706.03525WikidataQ127281771 ScholiaQ127281771MaRDI QIDQ6287750FDOQ6287750

Authors: Salvatore Tringali 

Publication date: 12 June 2017

Abstract: Let $H$ be a multiplicatively written monoid. Given $$, we denote by $mathscr{U}_k$ the set of all $$ such that $a_{1}cdots{a}_k=b_{1}cdots{b}_{e}ll$ for some atoms $a_1,ldots,a_k,b_1,ldots,b_{e}llinH$. The sets $mathscr{U}_k$ are one of the most fundamental invariants studied in the theory of non-unique factorization, and understanding their structure is a basic problem in the field: In particular, it is known that, in many cases of interest, these sets are almost arithmetic progressions with the same difference and bound for all large $k$, namely, $H$ satisfies the Structure Theorem for Unions. The present paper improves the current state of the art on this problem. More precisely, we show that, under mild assumptions on $H$, not only does the Structure Theorem for Unions hold, but there also exists $$ such that, for every $$, the sequences ${\displaystyle }$ �igl((mathscr U_k-infmathscr U_k)cap[![0,M]!]�igr)_{kge 1} quad ext{and}quad �igl((supmathscr U_k-mathscr U_k)cap[![0,M]!]�igr)_{kge 1} ${\displaystyle }$ are $mu$-periodic from some point on. The result applies, e.g., to (the multiplicative monoid of) all commutative Krull domains (e.g., Dedekind domains) with finite class group; a variety of weakly Krull commutative domains (including all orders in number fields with finite elasticity); some maximal orders in central simple algebras over global fields; and all numerical monoids. Large parts of the proofs are worked out in a "purely additive model", by inquiring into the properties of what we call a subadditive family, i.e., a collection $mathscrL$ of subsets of $$ such that, for all $L_1,L_{2}inmathscrL$, there is $LinmathscrL$ with $L_1+L_{2}subseteqL$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic theory of semigroups (20M13)

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