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The Ring Scheme Fg

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ian G. Connell
Ian G. Connell*
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McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
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Let A be a ring and s2(A) the set of idempotents in A. It is a familiar fact that s2(A) becomes a ring if we define 0, 1 and multiplication as in A, and a new negative and new addition by

1

R. A. Melter [3] made the surprising observation that s3(A), where in general sq(A)={x∈A:xq=x}, is a ring if 2 is a unit in A and we define 0,1 minus and multiplication as in A, and a new addition by

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The nonobvious facts are that s3(A) is closed under ⊕ and that ⊕ is associative when applied to the elements of s3(A). The ⊕ in (1) is actually a formal group over A, and so is associative when applied to any elements of A. However in (2) (and similarly in other cases we shall define) the ⊕ is not a formal group, and the associative law depends on the fact that the elements involved are in s3(A).

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 1972 , pp. 79 - 85
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1972

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