On transfer Krull monoids

DOI10.1007/S00233-022-10296-0MaRDI QIDQ6377303arXivFDO

Authors Aqsa Bashir, Andreas Reinhart

Publication date 10 September 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S00233-022-10296-0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Divisibility and factorizations in commutative rings (13A05) Ideals and multiplicative ideal theory in commutative rings (13A15) Arithmetic theory of semigroups (20M13) Commutative semigroups (20M14)

arXiv classification

math.AC

Abstract: Let $H$ be a cancellative commutative monoid, let $mathcalA(H)$ be the set of atoms of $H$ and let $widetildeH$ be the root closure of $H$. Then $H$ is called transfer Krull if there exists a transfer homomorphism from $H$ into a Krull monoid. It is well known that both half-factorial monoids and Krull monoids are transfer Krull monoids. In spite of many examples and counter examples of transfer Krull monoids (that are neither Krull nor half-factorial), transfer Krull monoids have not been studied systematically (so far) as objects on their own. The main goal of the present paper is to attempt the first in-depth study of transfer Krull monoids. We investigate how the root closure of a monoid can affect the transfer Krull property and under what circumstances transfer Krull monoids have to be half-factorial or Krull. In particular, we show that if $widetildeH$ is a DVM, then $H$ is transfer Krull if and only if $HsubseteqwidetildeH$ is inert. Moreover, we prove that if $widetildeH$ is factorial, then $H$ is transfer Krull if and only if $mathcalA(widetildeH)=uvarepsilonmiduinmathcalA(H),varepsiloninwidetilde{H}^{imes}$. We also show that if $widetildeH$ is half-factorial, then $H$ is transfer Krull if and only if $mathcalA(H)subseteqmathcalA(widetildeH)$. Finally, we point out that characterizing the transfer Krull property is more intricate for monoids whose root closure is Krull. This is done by providing a series of counterexamples involving reduced affine monoids.

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