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Countable separation property for associative algebras

Rings and Algebras 2025-10-30 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

For an associative algebra AA with a simple module MM with trivial endomorphisms and trivial annihilator we verify the countable separation property (CSP), i.e. we prove that there exists a list of nonzero elements a1,a2,a_1, a_2,\ldots of AA such that every two-sided ideal of AA contains at least one such aia_i. Based on this result we verify the countable separation property for a free associative algebra with finite or countable set of generators over any field. The countable separation property was studied before in the works of Dixmier and others but only in the context of Noetherian algebras (and a free associative algebra is very far from being Noetherian).

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@article{arxiv.2510.25455,
  title  = {Countable separation property for associative algebras},
  author = {Alexey Petukhov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.25455},
  year   = {2025}
}
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