We introduce non-associative skew Laurent polynomial rings and characterize when they are simple. Thereby, we generalize results by Jordan, Voskoglou, and Nystedt and Öinert.

We generalize the influential $C^*$-algebraic results of Kawamura–Tomiyama and Archbold–Spielberg for crossed products of discrete groups actions to the realm of Banach algebras and twisted actions. We prove that topological freeness is equivalent to the intersection property for all reduced twisted Banach algebra crossed products coming from subgroups, and in the untwisted case to a generalized intersection property for a full $L^p$-operator algebra crossed product for any $p\in [1,\,\infty ]$. This gives efficient simplicity criteria for various Banach algebra crossed products. We also use it to identify the prime ideal space of some crossed products as the quasi-orbit space of the action. For amenable actions we prove that the full and reduced twisted $L^p$-operator algebras coincide.

For an action of a finite group on a finite EI quiver, we construct its ‘orbifold’ quotient EI quiver. The free EI category associated to the quotient EI quiver is equivalent to the skew group category with respect to the given group action. Specializing the result to a finite group action on a finite acyclic quiver, we prove that, under reasonable conditions, the skew group category of the path category is equivalent to a finite EI category of Cartan type. If the ground field is of characteristic $p$ and the acting group is a cyclic $p$-group, we prove that the skew group algebra of the path algebra is Morita equivalent to the algebra associated to a Cartan matrix, defined in [C. Geiss, B. Leclerc, and J. Schröer, Quivers with relations for symmetrizable Cartan matrices I: Foundations, Invent. Math. 209 (2017), 61–158]. We apply the Morita equivalence to construct a categorification of the folding projection between the root lattices with respect to a graph automorphism. In the Dynkin cases, the restriction of the categorification to indecomposable modules corresponds to the folding of positive roots.

In this article, we explore the problem of determining isomorphisms between the twisted complex group algebras of finite $p$-groups. This problem bears similarity to the classical group algebra isomorphism problem and has been recently examined by Margolis-Schnabel. Our focus lies on a specific invariant, referred to as the generalized corank, which relates to the twisted complex group algebra isomorphism problem. We provide a solution for non-abelian $p$-groups with generalized corank at most three.

Given an algebra R and G a finite group of automorphisms of R, there is a natural map $\eta _{R,G}:R\#G \to \mathrm {End}_{R^G} R$ , called the Auslander map. A theorem of Auslander shows that $\eta _{R,G}$ is an isomorphism when $R=\mathbb {C}[V]$ and G is a finite group acting linearly and without reflections on the finite-dimensional vector space V. The work of Mori–Ueyama and Bao–He–Zhang has encouraged the study of this theorem in the context of Artin–Schelter regular algebras. We initiate a study of Auslander’s result in the setting of nonconnected graded Calabi–Yau algebras. When R is a preprojective algebra of type A and G is a finite subgroup of $D_n$ acting on R by automorphism, our main result shows that $\eta _{R,G}$ is an isomorphism if and only if G does not contain all of the reflections through a vertex.

Let k be a finite field of characteristic p, and G a compact p-adic analytic group. Write kG for the completed group ring of G over k. In this paper, we describe the structure of the ring kG/P, where P is a minimal prime ideal of kG. We give an explicit isomorphism between kG/P and a matrix ring with coefficients in the ring ${(k'G')_\alpha }$ , where $k'/k$ is a finite field extension, $G'$ is a large subquotient of G with no finite normal subgroups, and (–)α is a “twisting” operation that preserves many desirable properties of the ring structure. We demonstrate the usefulness of this isomorphism by studying the correspondence induced between certain ideals of kG and those of ${(k'G')_\alpha }$ , and showing that this preserves many useful “group-theoretic” properties of ideals, in particular almost-faithfulness and control by a closed normal subgroup.

We realize Leavitt ultragraph path algebras as partial skew group rings. Using this realization we characterize artinian ultragraph path algebras and give simplicity criteria for these algebras.

In this paper we consider the algebraic crossed product ${\mathcal{A}}:=C_{K}(X)\rtimes _{T}\mathbb{Z}$ induced by a homeomorphism $T$ on the Cantor set $X$, where $K$ is an arbitrary field with involution and $C_{K}(X)$ denotes the $K$-algebra of locally constant $K$-valued functions on $X$. We investigate the possible Sylvester matrix rank functions that one can construct on ${\mathcal{A}}$ by means of full ergodic $T$-invariant probability measures $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$ on $X$. To do so, we present a general construction of an approximating sequence of $\ast$-subalgebras ${\mathcal{A}}_{n}$ which are embeddable into a (possibly infinite) product of matrix algebras over $K$. This enables us to obtain a specific embedding of the whole $\ast$-algebra ${\mathcal{A}}$ into ${\mathcal{M}}_{K}$, the well-known von Neumann continuous factor over $K$, thus obtaining a Sylvester matrix rank function on ${\mathcal{A}}$ by restricting the unique one defined on ${\mathcal{M}}_{K}$. This process gives a way to obtain a Sylvester matrix rank function on ${\mathcal{A}}$, unique with respect to a certain compatibility property concerning the measure $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$, namely that the rank of a characteristic function of a clopen subset $U\subseteq X$ must equal the measure of $U$.

In this article, we consider a twisted partial action $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ of a group $G$ on an associative ring $R$ and its associated partial crossed product $R\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}^{w}G$. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the commutativity of $R\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}^{w}G$ when the twisted partial action $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ is unital. Moreover, we study necessary and sufficient conditions for the simplicity of $R\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}^{w}G$ in the following cases: (i) $G$ is abelian; (ii) $R$ is maximal commutative in $R\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}^{w}G$; (iii) $C_{R\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}^{w}G}(Z(R))$ is simple; (iv) $G$ is hypercentral. When $R=C_{0}(X)$ is the algebra of continuous functions defined on a locally compact and Hausdorff space $X$, with complex values that vanish at infinity, and $C_{0}(X)\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}G$ is the associated partial skew group ring of a partial action $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}$ of a topological group $G$ on $C_{0}(X)$, we study the simplicity of $C_{0}(X)\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}G$ by using topological properties of $X$ and the results about the simplicity of $R\ast _{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}^{w}G$.

For any central simple algebra over a field F which contains a maximal subfield M with non-trivial automorphism group G = AutF(M), G is solvable if and only if the algebra contains a finite chain of subalgebras which are generalized cyclic algebras over their centers (field extensions of F) satisfying certain conditions. These subalgebras are related to a normal subseries of G. A crossed product algebra F is hence solvable if and only if it can be constructed out of such a finite chain of subalgebras. This result was stated for division crossed product algebras by Petit and overlaps with a similar result by Albert which, however, was not explicitly stated in these terms. In particular, every solvable crossed product division algebra is a generalized cyclic algebra over F.

We extend the classical notion of an outer action $\alpha $ of a group $G$ on a unital ring $A$ to the case when $\alpha $ is a partial action on ideals, all of which have local units. We show that if $\alpha $ is an outer partial action of an abelian group $G$, then its associated partial skew group ring $A\,{{\star }_{\alpha }}\,G$ is simple if and only if $A$ is $G$-simple. This result is applied to partial skew group rings associated with two different types of partial dynamical systems.

We consider an artin algebra A and its crossed product algebra A α#σ G, where G is a finite group with its order invertible in A. Then, we prove that A is a tilted algebra if and only if so is A α#σ G.

Let $A$ be a ring with local units, $E$ a set of local units for $A$, $G$ an abelian group, and $\alpha$ a partial action of $G$ by ideals of $A$ that contain local units. We show that $\text{A}\,{{\star }_{\alpha }}\,G$ is simple if and only if $A$ is $G$-simple and the center of the corner $e{{\delta }_{0}}\left( \text{A}\,{{\star }_{\alpha }}\,G \right)e{{\delta }_{0}}$ is a field for all $e\,\in \,E$. We apply the result to characterize simplicity of partial skew group rings in two cases, namely for partial skew group rings arising from partial actions by clopen subsets of a compact set and partial actions on the set level.

We consider finite groups acting on quantum (or skew) polynomial rings. Deformations of the semidirect product of the quantum polynomial ring with the acting group extend symplectic reflection algebras and graded Hecke algebras to the quantum setting over a field of arbitrary characteristic. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for such algebras to satisfy a Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt property using the theory of noncommutative Gröbner bases. We include applications to the case of abelian groups and the case of groups acting on coordinate rings of quantum planes. In addition, we classify graded automorphisms of the coordinate ring of quantum 3-space. In characteristic zero, Hochschild cohomology gives an elegant description of the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt conditions.

Let $R$ be a unit-regular ring and let $\sigma $ be an endomorphism of $R$ such that $\sigma \left( e \right)\,=\,e$ for all ${{e}^{2}}\,=\,e\,\in \,R$ and let $n\,\ge \,0$. It is proved that every element of $R[x;\,\sigma ]/\left( {{x}^{n+1}} \right)$ is equivalent to an element of the form ${{e}_{0}}\,+\,{{e}_{1}}x\,+\,\cdots \,+\,{{e}_{n}}{{x}^{n}}$, where the ${{e}_{i}}$ are orthogonal idempotents of $R$. As an application, it is proved that $R[x;\,\sigma ]/\left( {{x}^{n+1}} \right)$ is left morphic for each $n\,\ge \,0$.

A ring R is called a left APP-ring if the left annihilator lR(Ra) is pure as a left ideal of R for every a ∈ R; R is called (left principally) quasi-Baer if the left annihilator of every (principal) left ideal of R is generated by an idempotent. Let R be a ring and M an ordered monoid. Assume that there is a monoid homomorphism φ: M ⟶ Aut(R). We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the skew monoid ring (induced by φ) to be left APP (left principally quasi-Baer, quasi-Baer, respectively).

A ring $R$ is called quasi-Baer if the right annihilator of every right ideal of $R$ is generated by an idempotent as a right ideal. We investigate the quasi-Baer property of skew group rings and fixed rings under a finite group action on a semiprime ring and their applications to ${{C}^{*}}$-algebras. Various examples to illustrate and delimit our results are provided.

An $n$-dimensional quantum torus is a twisted group algebra of the group ${{\mathbb{Z}}^{n}}.$ It is called rational if all invertible commutators are roots of unity. In the present note we describe a normal form for rational $n$-dimensional quantum tori over any field. Moreover, we show that for $n\,=\,2$ the natural exact sequence describing the automorphism group of the quantum torus splits over any field.

A theorem of Kac on quiver representations states that the dimension vectors of indecomposable representations are precisely the positive roots of the associated symmetric Kac–Moody Lie algebra. Here this result is generalised to representations respecting an admissible quiver automorphism, and the positive roots of an associated symmetrisable Kac–Moody Lie algebra are obtained.

Also the relationship with species of valued quivers over finite fields is discussed. It is known that the number of isomorphism classes of indecomposable representations of a given dimension vector for a species is a polynomial in the size of the base field. It is shown that these polynomials are non-zero if and only if the dimension vector is a positive root of the corresponding symmetrisable Kac–Moody Lie algebra.