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On the structure of length sets with maximal elasticity

Commutative Algebra 2026-02-26 v2

Abstract

Let HH be a Krull monoid with finite class group GG and suppose that each class contains a prime divisor. Then every non-unit aHa \in H has a factorization into atoms, say a=u1uka=u_1 \cdot\ldots \cdot u_k where kk is the factorization length and u1,,uku_1, \ldots, u_k are atoms of HH. The set L(a)\mathsf L (a) of all possible factorizaton lengths is the length set of aa, and ρ(H)=sup{maxL(a)/minL(a) ⁣:aH}\rho (H) = \sup \{ \max \mathsf L (a)/\min \mathsf L (a) \colon a \in H \} is the elasticity of HH. We study the structure of length sets of elements with maximal elasticity and show that, in general, these length sets are intervals.

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@article{arxiv.2508.21383,
  title  = {On the structure of length sets with maximal elasticity},
  author = {Doniyor Yazdonov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21383},
  year   = {2026}
}

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