We introduce the first hom-associative Weyl algebras over a field of prime characteristic as a generalization of the first associative Weyl algebra in prime characteristic. First, we study properties of hom-associative algebras constructed from associative algebras by a general twisting'' procedure. Then, with the help of these results, we determine the commuter, center, nuclei, and set of derivations of the first hom-associative Weyl algebras. We also classify them up to isomorphism, and show, among other things, that all nonzero endomorphisms on them are injective, but not surjective. Last, we show that they can be described as a multi-parameter formal hom-associative deformation of the first associative Weyl algebra, and that this deformation induces a multi-parameter formal hom-Lie deformation of the corresponding Lie algebra, when using the commutator as bracket. © 2022, Hacettepe University. All rights reserved.

In this article, we provide a complete characterization of abelian group rings which are Kothe rings. We also provide characterizations of (possibly non-abelian) group rings over division rings which are Kothe rings, both in characteristic zero and in prime characteristic, and prove a Maschke type result for pure semisimplicity of group rings. Furthermore, we illustrate our results by several examples.Communicated by Eric Jespers

Given a partial action α of a groupoid G on a ring R, we study the associated partial skew groupoid ring R ⋊ α G {R\rtimes_{\alpha}G}, which carries a natural G-grading. We show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the G-invariant ideals of R and the graded ideals of the G-graded ring R ⋊ α G {R\rtimes_{\alpha}G}. We provide sufficient conditions for primeness, and necessary and sufficient conditions for simplicity of R ⋊ α G {R\rtimes_{\alpha}G}. We show that every ideal of R ⋊ α G {R\rtimes_{\alpha}G} is graded if and only if α has the residual intersection property. Furthermore, if α is induced by a topological partial action θ, then we prove that minimality of θ is equivalent to G-simplicity of R, topological transitivity of θ is equivalent to G-primeness of R, and topological freeness of θ on every closed invariant subset of the underlying topological space is equivalent to α having the residual intersection property. As an application, we characterize condition (K) for an ultragraph in terms of topological properties of the associated partial action and in terms of algebraic properties of the associated ultragraph algebra. © 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2024.

Given a partial action π of an inverse semigroup S on a ring A {\mathcal{A}}, one may construct its associated skew inverse semigroup ring A π S {\mathcal{A}\rtimes-{\pi}S}. Our main result asserts that, when A {\mathcal{A}} is commutative, the ring A π S {\mathcal{A}\rtimes-{\pi}S} is simple if, and only if, A {\mathcal{A}} is a maximal commutative subring of A π S {\mathcal{A}\rtimes-{\pi}S} and A {\mathcal{A}} is S-simple. We apply this result in the context of topological inverse semigroup actions to connect simplicity of the associated skew inverse semigroup ring with topological properties of the action. Furthermore, we use our result to present a new proof of the simplicity criterion for a Steinberg algebra A R (g) {A-{R}(\mathcal{G})} associated with a Hausdorff and ample groupoid g {\mathcal{G}}. © 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.

We prove a hom-associative version of Hilbert’s basis theorem, which includes as special cases both a non-associative version and the classical Hilbert’s basis theorem for associative Ore extensions. Along the way, we develop hom-module theory. We conclude with some examples of both non-associative and hom-associative Ore extensions which are all noetherian by our theorem.

The first (associative) Weyl algebra is formally rigid in the classical sense. In this paper, we show that it can however be formally deformed in a nontrivial way when considered as a so-called hom-associative algebra, and that this deformation preserves properties such as the commuter, while deforming others, such as the center, power associativity, the set of derivations, and some commutation relations. We then show that this deformation induces a formal deformation of the corresponding Lie algebra into what is known as a hom-Lie algebra, when using the commutator as bracket. We also prove that all homomorphisms between any two purely hom-associative Weyl algebras are in fact isomorphisms. In particular, all endomorphisms are automorphisms in this case, hence proving a hom-associative analogue of the Dixmier conjecture to hold true. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.

A method of integration of non-stationary dynamical systems admitting nonlinear superpositions is presented. The method does not require knowledge of symmetries of the differential equations under consideration. The integration procedure is based on classification of Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras associated with nonlinear superpositions. It is shown that the systems associated with one-and two-dimensional Lie algebras can be integrated by quadrature upon introducing Lie's canonical variables. It is not necessary to know symmetries of a system in question in this approach. Two-dimensional non-stationary dynamical systems with three-dimensional Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras are classified into thirteen standard forms. Ten of them are integrable by quadrature. The remaining three standard forms lead to the Riccati equations. Integration of perturbed dynamical systems possessing approximate nonlinear superposition is discussed.

The recent method of integration of non-stationary dynamical systems admitting nonlinear superpositions is applied to the three-dimensional dynamical systems associated with three-dimensional Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras L-3. The investigation is based on Bianchi's classification of real three-dimensional Lie algebras and realizations of these algebras in the three-dimensional space. Enumeration of the Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras L-3 allows to classify three-dimensional dynamical systems admitting nonlinear superpositions into thirty one standard types by introducing canonical variables. Twenty four of them are associated with solvable Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras and can be reduced to systems of first-order linear equations. The remaining seven standard types are nonlinear. Integration of the latter types is an open problem. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

- Dynamical systems attract much attention due to their wide applications. Many significant results have been obtained in this field from various points of view. The present paper is devoted to an algebraic method of integration of three-dimensional nonlinear time dependent dynamical systems admitting nonlinear superposition with four-dimensional Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras L4. The invariance of the relation between a dynamical system admitting nonlinear superposition and its Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebra is the core of the integration method. It allows to simplify the dynamical systems in question by reducing them to standard forms. We reduce the three-dimensional dynamical systems with four-dimensional Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras to 98 standard types and show that 86 of them are integrable by quadratures.

The method of integration of dynamical systems admitting non-linear superpositions is applied to four-dimensional non-linear dynamical systems. All four-dimensional dynamical systems admitting non-linear superpositions with four-dimensional Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie algebras are classified into 160 standard forms. The integration method is described and illustrated.

A ring 𝑅 has unbounded generating number (UGN) if,for every positive integer 𝑛, there is no 𝑅-module epimorphism 𝑅𝑛 → 𝑅𝑛+1. For a ring 𝑅 = ⨁g∈𝐺 𝑅g gradedby a group 𝐺 such that the base ring 𝑅1 has UGN, weidentify several sets of conditions under which 𝑅 mustalso have UGN. The most important of these are: (1)𝐺 is amenable, and there is a positive integer 𝑟 suchthat, for every g ∈ 𝐺, 𝑅g ≅ (𝑅1)𝑖 as 𝑅1-modules for some𝑖 = 1, … , 𝑟; (2) 𝐺 is supramenable, and there is a positive integer 𝑟 such that, for every g ∈ 𝐺, 𝑅g ≅ (𝑅1)𝑖 as𝑅1-modules for some 𝑖 = 0, … , 𝑟. The pair of conditions(1) leads to three different ring-theoretic characterizations of the property of amenability for groups. We alsoconsider rings that do not have UGN; for such a ring𝑅, the smallest positive integer 𝑛 such that there is an𝑅-module epimorphism 𝑅𝑛 → 𝑅𝑛+1 is called the generating number of 𝑅, denoted gn(𝑅). If 𝑅 has UGN, then wedefine gn(𝑅) ∶= ℵ0. We describe several classes of examples of a ring 𝑅 graded by an amenable group 𝐺 such thatgn(𝑅) ≠ gn(𝑅1).

MSC 2020

16P99, 16S35, 16W50, 20F65, 43A07 (primary), 16D90 (secondary)

We study path rings, Cohn path rings, and Leavitt path rings associated to directed graphs, with coefficients in an arbitrary ring R. For each of these types of rings, we stipulate conditions on the graph that are necessary and sufficient to ensure that the ring satisfies either the rank condition or the strong rank condition whenever R enjoys the same property. In addition, we apply our result for path rings and the strong rank condition to characterize the graphs that give rise to amenable path algebras and exhaustively amenable path algebras.

Suppose that R is an associative unital ring and that E= (E-0, E-1, r, s) is a directed graph. Using results from graded ring theory, we show that the associated Leavitt path algebra L-R(E) is simple if and only if R is simple, E-0 has no nontrivial hereditary and saturated subset, and every cycle in E has an exit. We also give a complete description of the centre of a simple Leavitt path algebra.

We study Ore extensions of non-unital associative rings. We provide a characterization of simple non-unital differential polynomial rings R[x; delta], under the hy-pothesis that R is s-unital and ker(delta) contains a non-zero idempotent. This result gener-alizes a result by oinert, Richter and Silvestrov from the unital setting. We also present a family of examples of simple non-unital differential polynomial rings.

Let R be a unital ring, let E be a directed graph and recall that the Leavitt path algebra LR(E) carries a natural-gradation. We show that LR(E) is strongly-graded if and only if E is row-finite, has no sink, and satisfies Condition (Y). Our result generalizes a recent result by Clark, Hazrat and Rigby, and the proof is short and self-contained. © 2022 World Scientific Publishing Company

We investigate properties of group gradings on matrix rings (Formula presented.), where R is an associative unital ring and n is a positive integer. More precisely, we introduce very good gradings and show that any very good grading on (Formula presented.) is necessarily epsilon-strong. We also identify a condition that is sufficient to guarantee that (Formula presented.) is an epsilon-crossed product, i.e. isomorphic to a crossed product associated with a unital twisted partial action. In the case where R has IBN, we provide a characterization of when (Formula presented.) is an epsilon-crossed product. Our results are illustrated by several examples. © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

We prove a new characterization of graded von Neumann regular rings involving the recently introduced class of nearly epsilon-strongly graded rings. As our main application, we generalize Hazrat's result that Leavitt path algebras over fields are graded von Neumann regular. More precisely, we show that a Leavitt path algebra LR(E) with coefficients in a unital ring R is graded von Neumann regular if and only if R is von Neumann regular. We also prove that both Leavitt path algebras and corner skew Laurent polynomial rings over von Neumann regular rings are semiprimitive and semiprime. Thereby, we generalize a result by Abrams and Aranda Pino on the semiprimitivity of Leavitt path algebras over fields. © 2020 The Author(s)

Let G be a group with neutral element e and let S=⊕g∈GSg be a G-graded ring. A necessary condition for S to be noetherian is that the principal component Se is noetherian. The following partial converse is well-known: If S is strongly-graded and G is a polycyclic-by-finite group, then Se being noetherian implies that S is noetherian. We will generalize the noetherianity result to the recently introduced class of epsilon-strongly graded rings. We will also provide results on the artinianity of epsilon-strongly graded rings. As our main application we obtain characterizations of noetherian and artinian Leavitt path algebras with coefficients in a general unital ring. This extends a recent characterization by Steinberg for Leavitt path algebras with coefficients in a commutative unital ring and previous characterizations by Abrams, Aranda Pino and Siles Molina for Leavitt path algebras with coefficients in a field. Secondly, we obtain characterizations of noetherian and artinian unital partial crossed products. © 2019, The Author(s).

Let $G$ be a group and let $S=\bigoplus_{g \in G} S_g$ be a $G$-graded ring. Given a normal subgroup $N$ of $G$, there is a naturally induced $G/N$-grading of $S$. It is well-known that if $S$ is strongly $G$-graded, then the induced $G/N$-grading is strong for any $N$. The class of epsilon-strongly graded rings was recently introduced by Nystedt, Öinert and Pinedo as a generalization of unital strongly graded rings. We give an example of an epsilon-strongly graded partial skew group ring such that the induced quotient group grading is not epsilon-strong. Moreover, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the induced $G/N$-grading of an epsilon-strongly $G$-graded ring to be epsilon-strong. Our method involves relating different types of rings equipped with local units (s-unital rings, rings with sets of local units, rings with enough idempotents) with generalized epsilon-strongly graded rings. 

The algebraic Cuntz-Pimsner rings are naturally $\mathbb{Z}$-graded rings that generalize both Leavitt path algebras and unperforated $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Steinberg algebras. We  classify strongly, epsilon-strongly and nearly epsilon-strongly graded algebraic Cuntz-Pimsner rings up to graded isomorphism. As an application, we characterize noetherian and artinian fractional skew monoid rings by a single corner automorphism.

The research field of graded ring theory is a rich area of mathematics with many connections to e.g. the field of operator algebras. In the last 15 years, algebraists and operator algebraists have defined algebraic analogues of important operator algebras. Some of those analogues are rings that come equipped with a group grading. We want to reach a better understanding of the graded structure of those analogue rings. Among group graded rings, the strongly graded rings stand out as being especially well-behaved. The development of the general theory of strongly graded rings was initiated by Dade in the 1980s and since then numerous structural results have been established for strongly graded rings.

 In this thesis, we study the class of epsilon-strongly graded rings which was recently introduced by Nystedt, Öinert and Pinedo. This class is a natural generalization of the well-studied class of unital strongly graded rings. Our aim is to lay the foundation for a general theory of epsilon-strongly graded rings generalizing the theory of strongly graded rings. This thesis is based on three articles. The first two articles mainly concern structural properties of epsilon-strongly graded rings. In the first article, we investigate a functorial construction called the induced quotient group grading. In the second article, using results from the first article, we generalize the Hilbert Basis Theorem for strongly graded rings to epsilon-strongly graded rings and apply it to Leavitt path algebras.  In the third article, we study the graded structure of algebraic Cuntz-Pimsner rings. In particular, we obtain a partial classification of unital strongly, epsilon-strongly and nearly epsilon-strongly graded Cuntz-Pimsner rings up to graded isomorphism.

The development of a general theory of strongly group graded rings was initiated by Dade, Năstăsescu and Van Oystaeyen in the 1980s, and since then numerous structural results have been established.  In this thesis we develop a general theory of so-called (nearly) epsilon-strongly group graded rings which were recently introduced by Nystedt, Öinert and Pinedo and which generalize strongly group graded rings. Moreover, we obtain applications to  Leavitt path algebras, unital partial crossed products and algebraic Cuntz-Pimsner rings. 

This thesis is based on five scientific papers (A, B, C, D, E). 

Papers A and B are concerned with structural properties of epsilon-strongly graded rings. In Paper A, we consider an important construction called the induced quotient group grading. In Paper B, using results from Paper A, we obtain a Hilbert Basis Theorem for epsilon-strongly graded rings.  In Paper C, we study the graded structure of algebraic  Cuntz-Pimsner rings. In particular, we obtain a partial characterization of unital strongly graded, epsilon-strongly graded and nearly epsilon-strongly graded algebraic Cuntz-Pimsner rings up to graded isomorphism. 

In Paper D, we give a complete characterization of group graded rings that are graded von Neumann regular.

Finally, in Paper E, written in collaboration with Lundström, Öinert and Wagner, we consider prime nearly epsilon-strongly graded rings. Generalizing Passman's work from the 1980s, we give  necessary and sufficient conditions for a nearly epsilon-strongly graded ring to be prime. 

In this article, we give a complete characterization of semigroup graded rings which are graded von Neumann regular. We also demonstrate our results by applying them to several classes of examples, including matrix rings and groupoid graded rings. © 2022, The Author(s).

In this article we generalize a classical result by Passman on primeness of unital strongly group graded rings to the class of nearly epsilon-strongly group graded rings which are not necessarily unital. Using this result, we obtain (i) a characterization of prime s-unital strongly group graded rings, and, in particular, of infinite matrix rings and of group rings over s-unital rings; (ii) characterizations of prime s-unital partial skew group rings and of prime unital partial crossed products; (iii) a generalization of the well-known characterization of prime Leavitt path algebras, by Abrams, Bell and Rangaswamy.

We present a geometrically oriented classification theory for non-Abelian extensions of groupoids generalizing the classification theory for Abelian extensions of groupoids by Westman as well as the familiar classification theory for non-Abelian extensions of groups by Schreier and Eilenberg-MacLane. As an application of our techniques we demonstrate that each extension of groupoids N→E→G gives rise to a groupoid crossed product of G by the groupoid ring of N which recovers the groupoid ring of E up to isomorphism. Furthermore, we make the somewhat surprising observation that our classification methods naturally transfer to the class of groupoid crossed products, thus providing a classification theory for this class of rings. Our study is motivated by the search for natural examples of groupoid crossed products.

In this article we give a characterization of left (right) quasi-duo differential polynomial rings. We provide non-trivial examples of such rings and give a complete description of the maximal ideals of an arbitrary quasi-duo differential polynomial ring. Moreover, we show that there is no left (right) quasi-duo differential polynomial ring in several indeterminates.

In this paper, we investigate primeness of groupoid graded rings. We provide a set of necessary and sufficient conditions for primeness of a nearly-epsilon strongly groupoid graded ring. Furthermore, we apply our main result to get a characterization of prime partial skew groupoid rings, and in particular of prime groupoid rings, thereby generalizing a classical result by Connell and partially generalizing recent results by Steinberg. © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

A general class of multi-parametric families of unital associative complex algebras, defined by commutation relations associated with group or semigroup actions of dynamical systems and iterated function systems, is considered. A generalization of these commutation relations in three generators is also considered, modifying Lie algebra type commutation relations, typical for usual differential or difference operators, to relations satisfied by more general twisted difference operators associated with general twisting maps. General reordering and nested commutator formulas for arbitrary elements in these algebras are presented, and some special cases are considered, generalizing some well-known results in mathematics and physics. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

Operator representations of deformed Lie type commutation relations, associated with group or semigroup actions of dynamical systems and iterated function systems are considered. In particular, it is shown that some multi-parameter deformed symmetric difference and multiplication operators satisfy these commutation relations. The operator representations are considered also in the context of twisted derivations. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

Given a directed graph E and an associative unital ring R one may define the Leavitt path algebra with coefficients in R, denoted by LR(E). For an arbitrary group G, LR(E) can be viewed as a G-graded ring. In this paper, we show that LR(E) is always nearly epsilon-strongly G-graded. We also show that if E is finite, then LR(E) is epsilon-strongly G-graded. We present a new proof of Hazrat's characterization of strongly g-graded Leavitt path algebras, when E is finite. Moreover, if E is row-finite and has no source, then we show that LR(E) is strongly-graded if and only if E has no sink. We also use a result concerning Frobenius epsilon-strongly G-graded rings, where G is finite, to obtain criteria which ensure that LR(E) is Frobenius over its identity component. © 2020 World Scientific Publishing Company.

We show that if a non-associative unital ring is graded by a hypercentral group, then the ring is simple if and only if it is graded simple and the center of the ring is a field. Thereby, we extend a result by Jespers from the associative case to the non-associative situation. By applying this result to non-associative crossed products, we obtain non-associative analogues of results by Bell, Jordan and Voskoglou. We also apply this result to Cayley-Dickson doublings, thereby obtaining a new proof of a classical result by McCrimmon.

We introduce the class of partially invertible modules and show that it is an inverse category which we call the Picard inverse category. We use this category to generalize the classical construction of crossed products to, what we call, generalized epsilon-crossed products and show that these coincide with the class of epsilon-strongly groupoid-graded rings. We then use generalized epsilon-crossed groupoid products to obtain a generalization, from the group-graded situation to the groupoid-graded case, of the bijection from a certain second cohomology group, defined by the grading and the functor from the groupoid in question to the Picard inverse category, to the collection of equivalence classes of rings epsilon-strongly graded by the groupoid.

Let α={α_g : R_{g^{−1}}→R_g}_{g∈mor(G)} be a partial action of a groupoid G on a (not necessarily associative) ring R and let S=R⋆G be the associated partial skew groupoid ring. We show that if α is global and unital, then S is left (right) artinian if and only if R is left (right) artinian and R_g={0}, for all but finitely many g∈mor(G). We use this result to prove that if α is unital and R is alternative, then S is left (right) artinian if and only if R is left (right) artinian and R_g={0}, for all but finitely many g∈mor(G). This result applies to partial skew group rings, in particular. Both of the above results generalize a theorem by J. K. Park for classical skew group rings, i.e. the case when R is unital and associative, and G is a group which acts globally on R. We provide two additional applications of our main results. Firstly, we generalize I. G. Connell's classical result for group rings by giving a characterization of artinian (not necessarily associative) groupoid rings. This result is in turn applied to partial group algebras. Secondly, we give a characterization of artinian Leavitt path algebras. At the end of the article, we relate noetherian and artinian properties of partial skew groupoid rings to those of global skew groupoid rings, as well as establish two Maschke-type results, thereby generalizing results by M. Ferrero and J. Lazzarin for partial skew group rings to the case of partial skew groupoid rings.

We introduce the class of epsilon-strongly graded rings and show that it properly contains both the collection of strongly graded rings and the family of unital partial crossed products. We determine when epsilon-strongly graded rings are separable over their principal components. Thereby, we simultaneously generalize a result for strongly group-graded rings by Nastasescu, Van den Bergh and Van Oystaeyen, and a result for unital partial crossed products by Bagio, Lazzarin and Paques. We also show that the family of unital partial crossed products appear in the class of epsilon-strongly graded rings in a fashion similar to how the classical crossed products present themselves in the family of strongly graded rings. Thereby, we obtain, in the special case of unital partial crossed products, a short proof of a general result by Dokuchaev, Exel and Simon concerning when graded rings can be presented as partial crossed products.

We introduce non-associative Ore extensions, S = R[X; sigma, delta], for any non-ssociative unital ring R and any additive maps sigma, delta : R -> R satisfying sigma(1) = 1 and delta(1) = 0. In the special case when delta is either left or right R-delta-linear, where R-delta = ker(delta), and R is delta-simple, i.e. {0} and R are the only delta-invariant ideals of R, we determine the ideal structure of the non-associative differential polynomial ring D = R[X; id(R),delta]. Namely, in that case, we show that all non-zero ideals of D are generated by monic polynomials in the center Z(D) of D. We also show that Z(D) = R-delta[p] for a monic p is an element of R-delta [X], unique up to addition of elements from Z(R)(delta) . Thereby, we generalize classical results by Amitsur on differential polynomial rings defined by derivations on associative and simple rings. Furthermore, we use the ideal structure of D to show that D is simple if and only if R is delta-simple and Z(D) equals the field R-delta boolean AND Z(R). This provides us with a non-associative generalization of a result by Oinert, Richter and Silve-strov. This result is in turn used to show a non-associative version of a classical result by Jordan concerning simplicity of D in the cases when the characteristic of the field R-delta boolean AND Z(R) is either zero or a prime. We use our findings to show simplicity results for both non-associative versions of Weyl algebras and non-associative differential polynomial rings defined by monoid/group actions on compact Hausdorff spaces.

Given a non-associative unital ring R, a monoid G and a set π of additive maps R→R, we introduce the Ore monoid ring R[π;G], and, in a special case, the differential monoid ring. We show that these structures generalize, in a natural way, not only the classical Ore extensions and differential polynomial rings, but also the constructions, introduced by Cojuhari, defined by so-called D-structures π. Moreover, for commutative monoids, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for differential monoid rings to be simple. We use this in a special case to obtain new and shorter proofs of classical simplicity results for differential polynomial rings in several variables previously obtained by Voskoglou and Malm by other means. We also give examples of new Ore-like structures defined by finite commutative monoids. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.

We describe the dimension of the space of possible linear endomorphisms that turn skew-symmetric three-dimensional algebras into Hom-Lie algebras. We find a correspondence between the rank of a matrix containing the structure constants of the bilinear product and the dimension of the space of Hom-Lie structures. Examples from classical complex Lie algebras are given to demonstrate this correspondence.

We derive conditions for an arbitrary n-dimensional algebra to be a Hom-Lie algebra, in the form of a system of polynomial equations, containing both structure constants of the skew-symmetric bilinear map and constants describing the twisting linear endomorphism. The equations are linear in the constants representing the endomorphism and non-linear in the structure constants. When the algebra is 3 or 4-dimensional we describe the space of possible endomorphisms with minimum dimension. For the 3-dimensional case we give families of 3-dimensional Hom-Lie algebras arising from a general nilpotent linear endomorphism constructed upto isomorphism together with non-isomorphic canonical representatives for all the families in that case. We further give a list of 4-dimensional Hom-Lie algebras arising from a general nilpotent linear endomorphisms. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

We present a derivation-based Atiyah sequence for noncommutative principal bundles. Along the way we treat the problem of deciding when a given ∗∗-automorphism on the quantum base space lifts to a ∗∗-automorphism on the quantum total space that commutes with the underlying structure group.

Given a free action of a compact Lie group G on a unital C*-algebra A and a spectral triple on the corresponding fixed point algebra A^G, we present a systematic and in-depth construction of a spectral triple on A that is build upon the geometry of A^G and G. We compare our construction with a selection of established examples. 

We investigate a framework for coverings of noncommutative spaces. Furthermore, we study noncommutative coverings of irrational quantum tori and characterize all such coverings that are connected in a reasonable sense.

We study and classify free actions of compact quantum groups on unital C*-algebras in terms of generalized factor systems. Moreover, we use these factor systems to show that all finite coverings of irrational rotation C*-algebras are cleft.

In this paper, we establish several new results on commutative G-graded rings where G is a totally ordered abelian group. McCoy’s theorem and Armendariz’ theorem are classical results in the theory of polynomial rings. We generalize both of these celebrated theorems to the more general setting of G-graded rings and simultaneously to the setting of ideals rather than to that of elements. Next, we give a complete characterization of invertible elements in G-graded rings. We generalize Bergman’s famous theorem (which asserts that the Jacobson radical of a Z-graded ring is a graded ideal) to the setting of G-graded rings and then proceed to give a natural and quite elementary proof of it. This generalization allows us to show that an abelian group is a totally ordered group if and only if the Jacobson radical of every ring graded by that group is a graded ideal, or equivalently, nonzero idempotents of every ring graded by that group are homogeneous of degree zero. Finally, some topological aspects of graded prime ideals are investigated.

In this article we give a description for the centralizer of the coefficient ring R in the skew PBW extension σ (R)<x1, x2, ..., xn>. We give an explicit description in the quasi-commutative case and state a necessary condition in the general case. We also consider the PBW extension σ (A)<x1, x2, ..., xn> of the algebra of functions with finite support on a countable set, describing the centralizer of A and the center of the skew PBW extension. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

In this paper we consider commutants in crossed product algebras, for algebras of piece-wise constant functions on the real line acted on by the group of integers Z. The algebra of piece-wise constant functions does not separate points of the real line, and interplay of the action with separation properties of the points or subsets of the real line by the function algebra become essential for many properties of the crossed product algebras and their subalgebras. In this article, we deepen investigation of properties of this class of crossed product algebras and interplay with dynamics of the actions. We describe the commutants and changes in the commutants in the crossed products for the canonical generating commutative function subalgebras of the algebra of piece-wise constant functions with common jump points when arbitrary number of jump points are added or removed in general positions, that is when corresponding constant value set partitions of the real line change, and we give complete characterization of the set difference between commutants for the increasing sequence of subalgebras in crossed product algebras for algebras of functions that are constant on sets of a partition when partition is refined. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

In this article we consider the Ore extension algebra for the algebra A of functions with finite support on a countable set. We derive explicit formulas for twisted derivations on A, give a description for the centralizer of A, and the center of the Ore extension algebra under specific conditions. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

A dynamical system is a triple (A, G, α) consisting of a unital locally convex algebra A, a topological group G, and a group homomorphism α: G → Aut(A) that induces a continuous action of G on A. Furthermore, a unital locally convex algebra A is called a continuous inverse algebra, or CIA for short, if its group of units A× is open in A and the inversion map i: A× → A×, a → a-1 is continuous at 1A. Given a dynamical system (A, G, α) with a complete commutative CIA A and a compact group G, we show that each character of the corresponding fixed point algebra can be extended to a character of A. © 2018 by the authors.

We introduce the notion of secondary characteristic classes of Lie algebra extensions. As an application of our construction we obtain a new proof of Lecomte's generalization of the Chern-Weil homomorphism.

In this article we introduce the notion of a controlled group graded ring. Let G be a group, with identity element e, and let R = aS center dot (gaG) R (g) be a unital G-graded ring. We say that R is G-controlled if there is a one-to-one correspondence between subsets of the group G and (mutually non-isomorphic) R (e) -sub-bimodules of R, given by G aSc Ha dagger broken vertical bar aS center dot (haH) R (h) . For strongly G-graded rings, the property of being G-controlled is stronger than that of being simple. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a general G-graded ring to be G-controlled. We also give a characterization of strongly G-graded rings which are G-controlled. As an application of our main results we give a description of all intermediate subrings T with R (e) aS dagger T aS dagger R of a G-controlled strongly G-graded ring R. Our results generalize results for artinian skew group rings which were shown by Azumaya 70 years ago. In the special case of skew group rings we obtain an algebraic analogue of a recent result by Cameron and Smith on bimodules in crossed products of von Neumann algebras.

The three famous problems concerning units, zero-divisors and idempotents in group rings of torsion-free groups, commonly attributed to Kaplansky, have been around for more than 60 years and still remain open in characteristic zero. In this article, we introduce the corresponding problems in the considerably more general context of arbitrary rings graded by torsion-free groups. For natural reasons, we will restrict our attention to rings without non-trivial homogeneous zero-divisors with respect to the given grading. We provide a partial solution to the extended problems by solving them for rings graded by unique product groups. We also show that the extended problems exhibit the same (potential) hierarchy as the classical problems for group rings. Furthermore, a ring which is graded by an arbitrary torsion-free group is shown to be indecomposable, and to have no non-trivial central zero-divisor and no non-homogeneous central unit. We also present generalizations of the classical group ring conjectures.