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Simple Group Graded Rings and Maximal Commutativity

Öinert, Johan LU (2009) In Preprints in Mathematical Sciences 2009(6).
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In this paper we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for strongly group graded rings to be simple. For a strongly group graded ring R the grading group G acts, in a natural way, as automorphisms of the commutant of the neutral component subring R_e in R and of the center of R_e. We show that if R is a strongly G-graded ring where R_e is maximal commutative in R, then R is a simple ring if and only if R_e is G-simple (i.e. there are no nontrivial G-invariant ideals). We also show that if R_e is commutative (not necessarily maximal commutative) and the commutant of R_e is G-simple, then R is a simple ring. These results apply to G-crossed products in particular. As an interesting example we consider the skew group algebra C(X) ⋊˜h Z... (More)
In this paper we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for strongly group graded rings to be simple. For a strongly group graded ring R the grading group G acts, in a natural way, as automorphisms of the commutant of the neutral component subring R_e in R and of the center of R_e. We show that if R is a strongly G-graded ring where R_e is maximal commutative in R, then R is a simple ring if and only if R_e is G-simple (i.e. there are no nontrivial G-invariant ideals). We also show that if R_e is commutative (not necessarily maximal commutative) and the commutant of R_e is G-simple, then R is a simple ring. These results apply to G-crossed products in particular. As an interesting example we consider the skew group algebra C(X) ⋊˜h Z associated to a topological dynamical system (X, h). We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for simplicity of C(X) ⋊˜h Z with respect to the dynamics of the dynamical system (X, h), but also with respect to algebraic properties of C(X) ⋊˜h Z. Furthermore, we show that for any strongly G-graded ring R each nonzero ideal of R has a nonzero intersection with the commutant of the center of the neutral component. (Less)
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crossed products, Ideals, graded rings, simple rings, maximal commutative subrings, invariant ideals, Picard groups, minimal dynamical systems
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Preprints in Mathematical Sciences
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2009
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6
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16 pages
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Lund University
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  • other:LUTFMA-5111-2009
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1403-9338
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Non-commutative Analysis of Dynamics, Fractals and Wavelets
Non-commutative Geometry in Mathematics and Physics
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English
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  author       = {{Öinert, Johan}},
  issn         = {{1403-9338}},
  keywords     = {{crossed products; Ideals; graded rings; simple rings; maximal commutative subrings; invariant ideals; Picard groups; minimal dynamical systems}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  publisher    = {{Lund University}},
  series       = {{Preprints in Mathematical Sciences}},
  title        = {{Simple Group Graded Rings and Maximal Commutativity}},
  url          = {{http://www.maths.lth.se/matematiklth/personal/oinert/PDF-files/Simple_Group_Graded_Rings_and_Maximal_Commutativity_2009-6.pdf}},
  volume       = {{2009}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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