Left APP differential polynomial rings

ABSTRACT

A ring R is called a left APP-ring if for each element a∈R, the left annihilator l_R(Ra) is right s-unital as an ideal of R or equivalently R∕l_R(Ra) is flat as a left R-module. In this paper, we show that for a ring R and derivation δ of R, R is left APP if and only if R is δ-weakly rigid and the differential polynomial ring R[x;δ] is left APP. As a consequence, we see that if R is a left APP-ring, then the n^th Weyl algebra over R is left APP. Also we define δ-left APP (resp. p.q.-Baer) rings and we show that R is left APP (resp. p.q.-Baer) if and only if for each derivation δ of R, R is δ-weakly rigid and δ-left APP (resp. p.q.-Baer). Finally we prove that R[x;δ] is left APP (resp. p.q.-Baer) if and only if R is δ-left APP (resp. p.q.-Baer).

KEYWORDS:

• Differential polynomial ring
• left APP ring
• left p.q.-Baer ring
• weakly rigid ring

2010 MATHEMATICS SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION:

• 16S36
• 16D40

Acknowledgement

The author would like to thank the referee for his/her careful reading of the paper and useful comments that improved the presentation of the paper.