The nilpotent regular element problem

DOI10.4153/CMB-2016-005-8MaRDI QIDQ2827398zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pere Ara, K. C. O'Meara

Publication date 19 October 2016

Published in Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08862

zbMATH Keywords

Bergman's normal formnilpotent elementunit-regularvon Neumann regular element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

von Neumann regular rings and generalizations (associative algebraic aspects) (16E50) Associative rings determined by universal properties (free algebras, coproducts, adjunction of inverses, etc.) (16S10) Finite generation, finite presentability, normal forms (diamond lemma, term-rewriting) (16S15) Conditions on elements (16U99)

Abstract: We use George Bergman's recent normal form for universally adjoining an inner inverse to show that, for general rings, a nilpotent regular element $x$ need not be unit-regular. This contrasts sharply with the situation for nilpotent regular elements in exchange rings (a large class of rings), and for general rings when all powers of the nilpotent element $x$ are regular.

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