Representability of algebras finite over their centers

Louis Rowen, Lance Small

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Abstract

Any (associative) left Noetherian algebra over a field, which is finitely generated as an algebra over a central subring, is representable. As a special case, we give a short proof of the well-known theorem that any algebra over a field, which also is finite (as a module) over a central affine algebra, is representable. We give a counterexample to some natural generalizations, as well as a conjectured generic counterexample, together with specific positive results for irreducible algebras and finitely presented algebras. Also, based on joint work of the second author with Amitsur (posthumous), we show that any semiprimary PI-algebra with radical squared 0 is weakly representable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)506-524
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Algebra
Volume442
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2015

Bibliographical note

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© 2014 Published by Elsevier Inc.

Funding

This work was supported by the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (grant no. 2010149 ).

FundersFunder number
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2010149

    Keywords

    • Affine algebra
    • Finite module
    • Representable algebra
    • Z-extended ACC

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