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Filtered skew derivations on simple artinian rings

Rings and Algebras 2023-01-09 v1

Abstract

Given a complete, positively filtered ring (R,f)(R,f) and a compatible skew derivation (σ,δ)(\sigma,\delta), we may construct its skew power series ring R[[x;σ,δ]]R[[x;\sigma,\delta]]. Due to topological obstructions, even if δ\delta is an \emph{inner} σ\sigma-derivation, in general we cannot ``untwist" it, i.e. reparametrise to find a filtered isomorphism R[[x;σ,δ]]R[[x;σ]]R[[x; \sigma, \delta]] \cong R[[x'; \sigma]], as might be expected from the theory of skew polynomial rings; similarly when σ\sigma is an inner automorphism. We find general conditions under which it is possible to untwist the multiplication data, and use this to analyse the structure of R[[x;σ,δ]]R[[x;\sigma,\delta]] in the simplest case when RR is a matrix ring over a (noncommutative) noetherian discrete valuation ring.

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@article{arxiv.2301.02639,
  title  = {Filtered skew derivations on simple artinian rings},
  author = {Adam Jones and William Woods},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.02639},
  year   = {2023}
}

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17 pages

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