Completion of rectangular matrices and power-free modules.
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Completion of rectangular matrices and power-free modules.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1237.16001
author: Huanyin Chen
published in: Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society. Second Series
publication date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: vol33 1 10.html
review text: Let \(R\) be an associative ring with identity. A right \(R\)-module \(P\) is called finitely generated stably free with positive rank if there are a positive integer \(s\) and a nonnegative integer \(m\) such that \(P\oplus R^m\cong R^{m+s}\). By Theorem IV:44 of \textit{J. C. McConnell} and \textit{J. C. Robson}, [Noncommutative Noetherian rings. With the cooperation of L. W. Small. Chichester: John Wiley \& Sons (1987; Zbl 0644.16008)], for a commutative ring \(R\), all finitely generated stably free \(R\)-modules \(P\) with positive rank are power-free (i.e., \(P^n\cong R^{nt}\) for some positive integers \(t\) and \(n\)). The present paper characterizes the property for a ring, namely, for a ring \(R\), all finitely generated stably free \(R\)-modules \(P\) with positive rank are power-free if and only if for each right invertible rectangular matrix \((a_{ij})\) over \(R\), there is a positive integer \(s\) such that the Kronecker tensor product \(A\otimes I_s\) can be completed by adding rows to an invertible square matrix. Using the characterization, the author proves for a generalized stable and right repetitive ring \(R\), the category of finitely generated power-free \(R\)-modules is identical with the category of finitely generated stably free \(R\)-modules with positive rank.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16D70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16D40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 15A23
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16E50
zbMATH DE Number: 5662364
zbMATH Keywords: stably free modules
zbMATH Keywords: power-free modules
zbMATH Keywords: matrix completions
zbMATH Keywords: generalized stable rings
zbMATH Keywords: right repetitive rings
reviewed by: Tongsuo Wu
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