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On isomorphism conditions for algebra functors with applications to Leavitt path algebras

Rings and Algebras 2022-04-19 v1

Abstract

We introduce certain functors from the category of commutative rings (and related categories) to that of Z\mathbb{Z}-algebras (not necessarily associative or commutative). One of the motivating examples is the Leavitt path algebra functor RLR(E)R\mapsto L_R(E) for a given graph EE. Our goal is to find "descending" isomorphism results of the type: if F,G\mathfrak{F},\mathcal{G} are algebra functors and KKK\subset K' a field extension, under what conditions an isomorphism F(K)G(K)\mathfrak{F}(K')\cong \mathcal{G}(K') of KK'-algebras implies the existence of an isomorphism F(K)G(K)\mathfrak{F}(K)\cong\mathcal{G}(K) of KK-algebras? We find some positive answers to that problem for the so-called "extension invariant functors" which include the functors associated to Leavitt path algebras, Steinberg algebras, path algebras, group algebras, evolution algebras and others. For our purposes, we employ an extension of the Hilbert's Nullstellensatz Theorem for polynomials in possibly infinitely many variables, as one of our main tools. We also remark that for extension invariant functors F,G\mathfrak{F},\mathcal{G}, an isomorphism F(H)G(H)\mathfrak{F}(H)\cong\mathcal{G}(H), for some Hopf KK-algebra HH, implies the existence of an isomorphism F(S)G(S)\mathfrak{F}(S)\cong\mathcal{G}(S) for any commutative and unital KK-algebra SS.

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@article{arxiv.2204.08422,
  title  = {On isomorphism conditions for algebra functors with applications to Leavitt path algebras},
  author = {Cristóbal Gil Canto and Dolores Martín Barquero and Cándido Martín González and Iván Ruiz Campos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08422},
  year   = {2022}
}

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16 pages