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High powers in endomorphism rings over Dedekind domains

Commutative Algebra 2023-08-29 v1 Number Theory Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let A\mathbb{A} be a Dedekind domain and TT an endomorphism of a finitely-generated projective A\mathbb{A}-module. If TT is an sths^{th} power in EndA(M)\mathrm{End}_{\mathbb{A}}(M) for ss ranging over an infinite set S\mathcal{S} of positive integers, then (a) TT decomposes as a direct sum of the zero operator and an invertible operator on a summand of MM and (b) that summand is semisimple or of finite order if S\mathcal{S} is appropriately large (what this means depends on the structure of the additive and multiplicative groups of A\mathbb{A}). This generalizes a result of M. Cavachi's to the effect that the only non-singular integer matrix that is an sths^{th} power in Mn(Z)M_n(\mathbb{Z}) for all ss is the identity.

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@article{arxiv.2308.14157,
  title  = {High powers in endomorphism rings over Dedekind domains},
  author = {Alexandru Chirvasitu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.14157},
  year   = {2023}
}

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