Cubic-root quantum-plane socle 2026-10-14
At a primitive cube root of unity, the cubic homogeneous module has basis . Its only simple modules occurring as submodules are the one-dimensional subspaces of , on which and . Its quotient by this two-dimensional submodule is simple, but it has no simple complement: any lift of the highest weight space contains , whose image is . Thus the cubic module is not a semisimple module.
Isotypic decomposition Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-14
A finite-length semisimple module has a canonical decompositionin which is the sum of all simple submodules isomorphic to a fixed simple module . Each is isomorphic to a finite direct sum .
The decomposition is intrinsic to the semisimple module: the isomorphism types of its simple submodules determine the summands.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 2 3 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
An essential right ideal intersects every nonzero right ideal nontrivially. A regular element of a ring is a two-sided non-zero-divisor: both and imply . Writing for the set of these elements, the classical right ring of quotients is a ring containing , with every invertible and every element of expressible as .
Goldie theorem states that a semiprime ring has a semisimple Artinian classical right ring of quotients if and only if it is a right Goldie ring: it satisfies the ascending chain condition on right annihilators and has finite uniform dimension. In particular, every semiprime ring that is a right Noetherian ring satisfies the theorem. We prove the requested case directly using the supplied assumption about essential right ideals.
First let . If a nonzero right ideal had , the sumwould be direct. Indeed, a finite relation gives , hence ; cancellation of repeats the argument. Each is a nonzero right ideal, so the partial sums form a strictly ascending chain. This contradicts right Noetherianity. Thus a regular principal right ideal in a right Noetherian ring is essential, and every right ideal containing is essential.
For and , putThis is an essential right ideal. To check this, take a nonzero right ideal . If , then . Otherwise is a nonzero right ideal, so it meets nontrivially; lifting an element of that intersection gives a nonzero element of . By the supplied assumption, contains some , givingThis is the right Ore condition. The set is multiplicatively closed, and the denominator cancellation condition holds because its elements are non-zero-divisors. Therefore Ore theorem constructs and embeds in it.
For every right ideal of ,Indeed, if , then . Contracting an ascending chain of right ideals of to therefore proves that is a right Noetherian ring.
Suppose is an essential right ideal of . For a nonzero right ideal of , choose . The right Ore condition gives a common right denominator for a finite expression of in , so there is withThus is an essential right ideal of . It contains a regular element of a ring, which becomes a unit in , and consequently .
Finally, for any right ideal of , choose by Zorn lemma a right ideal maximal subject to . Then is essential: a nonzero right ideal disjoint from would enlarge while keeping it disjoint from . Hence . Every submodule of the right regular module has a complement, making it a semisimple module. Since it is also Noetherian, it is a finite direct sum of simple modules. It is therefore Artinian, and is a semisimple Artinian ring. This is semisimplicity of a classical quotient from regular elements in essential ideals.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 4 2 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
We use complex representations. By Maschke's theorem, restriction to any finite subgroup is a semisimple module, so it has a canonical isotypic decomposition. In particular, the -isotypic component is the sum of all copies of the irreducible -module with character . The central character idempotentprojects onto this component. These projections preserve every -submodule, which consequently decomposes as the direct sum of its intersections with the isotypic components.
Let afford . The component is nonzero. Since fixes , it preserves . Irreducibility of as a -module therefore gives : its restriction to consists entirely of copies of .
Form the induced representationwhere represents the left cosets . Because , for we haveThus is -isotypic of type , where . These types are distinct for distinct cosets , precisely by the definition of the inertia group of a character .
Let be a nonzero -submodule of . Its isotypic decomposition as an -module shows that it meets some nontrivially. Acting by gives . This intersection is a -submodule of the irreducible , hence equals . The -translates of that component span , so . The induced representation is therefore irreducible, and its restriction contains . Its induced character satisfiesThis proves the irreducibility assertion directly from isotypic components; no form of the correspondence being proved has been assumed.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 3 3 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
On , define the permutation and diagonal actions byThe inverse in the first formula gives a left action. Applying to every tensor factor and then reordering produces the same tensor as reordering and then applying . Thus the two actions commute. The Schur algebra isIt is the commutant of an operator algebra of the permutation action.
To identify this commutant, use the multilinear isomorphismConjugation by a permutation reorders the factors on the right. Therefore the invariant subspace is the space of symmetric tensors of degree in . It is spanned by . Indeed, the polarization identityexpresses every symmetrized elementary tensor as a linear combination of pure powers. Those symmetrized elementary tensors span the invariant subspace in characteristic zero.
One may restrict to invertible endomorphisms without changing the span. For fixed , the vector-valued polynomial has degree at most . Choose distinct values of away from the finitely many roots of . Polynomial interpolation expresses its constant term as a linear combination of those invertible tensor powers. ConsequentlyThe span is an algebra, since products are .
The image of is semisimple, as a quotient of a semisimple algebra. The double-centralizer theorem for semisimple operator algebras gives . Since the preceding computation says that is the span of the general linear action, the two actions are mutual commutants. More explicitly, semisimple module decomposition givesHere is the multiplicity space, with its natural general linear action. The commutant algebra is the product of the full endomorphism algebras of these multiplicity spaces. Hence each nonzero is irreducible, and distinct spaces have nonisomorphic general linear representations, because the operators span that commutant. A primitive picks a one-dimensional factor from , so is an equivalent realization of as a Schur module.
The range of shapes is exact. If has more than rows, a column antisymmetrizes more than vectors and its action vanishes by . Conversely, for at most rows place the th basis vector in every tensor position belonging to row of . Row symmetrization multiplies this tensor by . Column antisymmetrization is nonzero, because all vectors within each column are distinct, and its different permutations give distinct basis tensors. Thus . This proves the length bound for a Schur module and the stated Schur–Weyl duality. For , the empty partition and give the trivial version.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 iii Paper 5 1 Solution 2026-10-07
We take algebras to be unital and modules to be unital. A finite-dimensional semisimple algebra over the complex numbers is one whose regular left module is a semisimple module, that is, a direct sum of simple modules. We use the basic finite-dimensional equivalences: this is equivalent to a zero Jacobson radical, and the Jacobson radical of any finite-dimensional algebra is a nilpotent ideal.
The Artin–Wedderburn theorem here says that there are positive integers withThe nonisomorphic simple modules are the standard column modules of the factors, of dimensions , and the factor sizes are unique up to reordering.
Here is a proof. Decompose the regular left module as with pairwise nonisomorphic simple modules . These are all the simple modules: any simple module is generated by a nonzero vector and is therefore a quotient of the regular module. The Schur lemma gives for and . For the latter assertion, an endomorphism has an eigenvalue over , and the kernel of its difference from that scalar is a nonzero submodule, hence the whole simple module. ConsequentlyEvery regular-module endomorphism is right multiplication by its value at , so . Taking opposite algebras and using matrix transposition gives the asserted decomposition with .
For a matrix algebra , the matrix units show that its only simple module is : the spaces are isomorphic through , and a nonzero vector in one of them generates one copy of the column module. Simplicity makes that copy all of . In a product algebra, the mutually orthogonal central idempotents decompose every module into its factor modules; a simple module uses exactly one factor. This proves the module assertion and also uniqueness, since the primitive central idempotents and the dimensions of their simple modules determine the factors.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 3 2 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
For a finite acyclic quiver, the arrow ideal of a path algebra is nilpotent, and . If is a simple module, its submodule is either zero or . The latter would imply for every , contradicting nilpotence. Thus , and a simple module over the product of fields is supported at one coordinate. Therefore the simples are exactly , with at , zero elsewhere, and zero arrows; the vertex is unique.
A finite-dimensional semisimple module is consequently , where . Its dimension vector of a quiver representation determines its isomorphism class.
For an arbitrary finite quiver, cycles allowed, the vertex projective module of a path algebra is . Its space at vertex has basis all paths from to , and an arrow acts by adjoining that arrow at the end of the path. Its endomorphism ring iswhere is spanned by the closed paths based at . The opposite multiplication appears because endomorphisms act by right multiplication.
The evaluation isomorphism for a vertex projective isFor , its inverse sends a path starting at to . This proves both injectivity and surjectivity, and is natural in . Vertex evaluation is exact, so is a projective module; alternatively it is a direct summand of the free module .
The closed-path corner of a path algebra is a domain: in a product of two nonzero linear combinations, choose their longest path lengths. Concatenation in that top degree has a unique cut at those lengths, so a product of two nonzero top coefficients cannot cancel. Hence its only idempotents are zero and one. The same is true of the opposite ring, proving is an indecomposable module, even when cycles make it infinite-dimensional.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 103 1 c ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
The identity from part (a) shows that each Young–Jucys–Murphy element belongs to the Gelfand–Tsetlin algebra. Conversely, lies in the centralizer of in . Applying the preceding Olshanskii centralizer lemma at level givesInduction, beginning with , proves . ThusHere every generated algebra is unital; causes no problem.
To deduce simple branching, use Maschke's theorem: complex representations of finite groups are semisimple modules. The Artin–Wedderburn theorem identifieswhere runs over the irreducible -modules. Write their restrictions asBy Schur lemma, the centralizer in the displayed algebra iswith zero multiplicities omitted. Part (i) makes this algebra commutative, whereas a full matrix algebra of size at least two is noncommutative. Consequently every restriction multiplicity is or . This proves multiplicity-free restriction at each step, with no use of the branching rule in the centralizer proof.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 128 1 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
The Jacobson radical is , where runs over the maximal right ideals of ; equivalently, it is the intersection of the annihilators of all simple modules. It is a two-sided ideal. A projective module has the lifting property against every surjective R-module homomorphism. A finitely generated module is a projective module precisely when it is a direct summand of a finitely generated free module. An indecomposable module is nonzero and admits no direct sum decomposition into two nonzero submodules.
To calculate the top of an indecomposable projective module, use the right Artinian ring hypothesis, namely the descending chain condition on right ideals. The Hopkins-Levitzki theorem gives finite composition length of the right regular module, hence of its submodule . Also is a nilpotent ideal, and is a semisimple ring. Thus the quotient module is a semisimple module; it is nonzero, since would imply for sufficiently large .
Suppose were not a simple module. A nontrivial direct sum decomposition of this semisimple module would give an idempotent that is neither zero nor the identity. Writing , the lifting property of the projective module gives with . The Fitting lemma for an indecomposable module of finite composition length says that is either invertible or a nilpotent element. Its induced map would then be invertible or a nilpotent element, respectively. Neither is possible for a nontrivial idempotent. Therefore is simple. This argument does not assume that an embedded projective module automatically splits off from the ambient module.
A block of an Artinian algebra is a nonzero two-sided direct summand determined by a primitive central idempotent : cannot be written as a sum of two nonzero orthogonal central idempotents. Its identity is . For a finite-dimensional associative algebra, the blocks of an Artinian algebra give its unique decomposition as a finite product of indecomposable algebras, or equivalently as a direct sum of two-sided ideals.
For the block of S3 in characteristic three, put , , and . The group algebra has basis for . In characteristic three,Consequently is a two-sided nilpotent ideal, , and . A nilpotent ideal lies in the Jacobson radical, and a quotient that is a semisimple ring forces the reverse inclusion. HenceDefine orthogonal idempotents and . They sum to one, so the right regular module decomposes asThe two summands are the indecomposable projectives of S3 in characteristic three. Each direct summand is a projective module, with basis . Its quotient module modulo multiplication by is one-dimensional: the trivial representation for , and the sign representation for . Each is an indecomposable module, since two nonzero direct summands would each have nonzero quotient module modulo , contradicting its one-dimensional top. For additional detail, the successive factors of the radical series of a module are the trivial representation, sign representation, trivial representation for , and the sign representation, trivial representation, sign representation for . Indeed, modulo the relation reverses the -sign, whereas commutes with .
The center of an associative algebra is spanned by the conjugacy class sums , , and . Since and , this center of an associative algebra isIts vector subspace is a square-zero ideal. If is a central idempotent, then and . Thus or and . There is no nontrivial central idempotent, so the whole group algebra is its single block. The two three-dimensional projective modules above are a decomposition of the regular module, not two blocks of an Artinian algebra.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 138 1 a Solution 2026-10-03
An -module is a semisimple module when it is a direct sum of simple modules, equivalently when every submodule has a complementary submodule. The finite-dimensional algebra is a semisimple algebra when its left regular module is semisimple.
Let , put , and suppose . The freshman's dream givesso, with ,The indecomposable modules of a cyclic p-group in characteristic p are preciselyIndeed, a module is a vector space with a nilpotent operator , and its decomposition into Nilpotent Jordan blocks gives these modules. Each is a uniserial module, with unique chainTherefore
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 138 1 c Solution 2026-10-03
The radical of a module is the smallest submodule for which is a semisimple module. Consequently, ifhas semisimple successive quotients, then . Induction givesso the radical series of a module descends at least as fast as every such series.
Dually, the socle is the largest semisimple submodule. Ifhas semisimple successive quotients, induction in givesso the socle series of a module ascends at least as fast as every such series.
Both series terminate because has finite composition length. More precisely,Thus exactly when annihilates all of , which is exactly when . The two least terminating indices therefore coincide:
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 102 3 b Solution 2026-09-28
Because is a finite-dimensional semisimple module, it has an isotypic decompositionwhere the are pairwise nonisomorphic simple right -modules. By Schur lemma,is a division ring, while for . Consequently every endomorphism preserves the isotypic summands and is a matrix of entries from on each one. ThereforeIf the ground field is algebraically closed and the are finite-dimensional over it, Schur lemma gives .
Radical of a module 2026-10-03
The radical of a module is the intersection of its maximal submodules. For a finite-dimensional module over a finite-dimensional algebra ,and it is the smallest submodule for which is a semisimple module.
Socle (mathematics) 2026-10-14
The socle of a module is the sum of all its simple submodules, equivalently its largest semisimple module.
Top of an indecomposable projective module 2026-10-05
For a nonzero finitely generated indecomposable module that is a projective module over a right Artinian ring , its top is a simple module. The Jacobson radical is a nilpotent ideal, so the top is nonzero; the quotient is a semisimple module over the semisimple ring . If it decomposed, a nontrivial idempotent of its endomorphism ring would lift by projectivity to an endomorphism of . The Hopkins-Levitzki theorem gives finite composition length, and the Fitting lemma makes the lift either invertible or nilpotent. Its induced map on the top would have the same property, impossible for that nontrivial idempotent.