English

The regular algebra of a poset

Rings and Algebras 2020-03-02 v2

Abstract

Let KK be a field. We attach to each finite poset P\mathbb P a von Neumann regular KK-algebra QK(P)Q_K(\mathbb P) in a functorial way. We show that the monoid of isomorphism classes of finitely generated projective QK(P)Q_K(\mathbb P)-modules is the abelian monoid generated by P\mathbb P with the only relations given by p=p+qp=p+q whenever q<pq<p in P\mathbb P. This extends the class of monoids for which there is a positive solution to the realization problem for von Neumann regular rings.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0805.2563,
  title  = {The regular algebra of a poset},
  author = {Pere Ara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.2563},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

47 pages. Revised version, to appear in Trans. Amer. Math. Soc

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