Existence of Erd\H{o}s-Burgess constant in commutative rings

arXiv2005.08955MaRDI QIDQ6340958FDOQ6340958

Authors: Guoqing Wang 

Publication date: 17 May 2020

Abstract: Let $R$ be a commutative unitary ring. An idempotent in $R$ is an element $einR$ with $e^2=e$. The ErdH{o}s-Burgess constant associated with the ring $R$ is the smallest positive integer $ell$ (if exists) such that for any given $ell$ elements (not necessarily distinct) of $R$, say $a_1,ldots,a_{ell}inR$, there must exist a nonempty subset $Jsubset1,2,ldots,ell$ with $prodlimit{s}_{jinJ}{a}_j$ being an idempotent. In this paper, we prove that except for an infinite commutative ring with a very special form, the ErdH{o}s-Burgess constant of the ring $R$ exists if and only if $R$ is finite.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra (05E40) Other combinatorial number theory (11B75) Arithmetic theory of semigroups (20M13)

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