Title Maximal commutative subrings and simplicity of Ore extensions
Authors Johan Öinert, Johan Richter, Sergei Silvestrov
Alternative Location http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1292
Alternative Location http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S..., Restricted Access
Publication Journal of Algebra and Its Applications
Year 2013
Volume 12
Issue 4
Pages 1250192-1 - 1250192-16
Document type Article
Status Published
Quality controlled Yes
Language eng
Publisher World Scientific
Abstract English The aim of this article is to describe necessary and sufficient conditions for simplicity of Ore extension rings, with an emphasis on differential polynomial rings. We show that a differential polynomial ring, Rx;id_R,\delta, is simple if and only if its center is a field and R is \delta-simple. When R is commutative we note that the centralizer of R in Rx;\sigma,\delta is a maximal commutative subring containing $R$ and, in the case when \sigma=id_R, we show that it intersects every non-zero ideal of Rx;id_R,\delta non-trivially. Using this we show that if R is \delta-simple and maximal commutative in Rx;id_R,\delta, then Rx;id_R,\delta is simple. We also show that under some conditions on R the converse holds.
Keywords Ore extension rings, maximal commutativity, ideals, simplicity,
ISBN/ISSN/Other ISSN: 0219-4988 (print)

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