English

All solid rings

Commutative Algebra 2025-09-11 v3

Abstract

We give an explicit characterization of the solid rings of the fourth type, finishing a work by Bousfield and Kan in the 1970s. As a consequence of our methods, we give criteria to find the core of a ring and explicitly compute the core of some rings.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2502.02484,
  title  = {All solid rings},
  author = {Jaime Benabent Guerrero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.02484},
  year   = {2025}
}
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