Generation of summand absorbing submodules

Zur Izhakian, Manfred Knebusch, Louis Rowen

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Abstract

An R-module V over a semiring R lacks zero sums (LZS) if x + y = 0 implies x = y = 0. More generally, a submodule W of V is "summand absorbing"(SA), if, for all x,yϵV, x + yϵW→xϵW,y ϵ W. These relate to tropical algebra and modules over (additively) idempotent semirings, as well as modules over semirings of sums of squares. In previous work, we have explored the lattice of SA submodules of a given LZS module, especially, those that are finitely generated, in terms of the lattice-theoretic Krull dimension. In this paper, we consider which submodules are SA and describe their explicit generation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2150201
JournalJournal of Algebra and its Applications
Volume20
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Additive spine
  • Direct sum decomposition
  • Free (semi)module
  • Halo
  • Lacking zero sums
  • Matrices
  • Semigroup
  • Semiring
  • Summand absorbing submodule
  • Tropical space

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