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Endomorphism Algebras of Kronecker Modules Regulated by Quadratic Function Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

F. Okoh  and
F. Zorzitto
F. Okoh
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, U.S.A. e-mail: okoh@math.wayne.edu
F. Zorzitto
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1 e-mail: fazorzit@uwaterloo.ca
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Purely simple Kronecker modules $M$, built from an algebraically closed field $K$, arise from a triplet $\left( m,\,h,\,\alpha \right)$ where $m$ is a positive integer, $h:\,K\,\cup \,\{\infty \}\,\to \,\{\infty ,\,0,\,1,\,2,\,3,\,.\,.\,.\,\}$ is a height function, and $\alpha$ is a $K$-linear functional on the space $K\left( X \right)$ of rational functions in one variable $X$. Every pair $\left( h,\,\alpha \right)$ comes with a polynomial $f$ in $K\left( X \right)\left[ Y\, \right]$ called the regulator. When the module $M$ admits non-trivial endomorphisms, $f$ must be linear or quadratic in $Y$. In that case $M$ is purely simple if and only if $f$ is an irreducible quadratic. Then the $K$-algebra End $M$ embeds in the quadratic function field ${K\left( X \right)\left[ Y\, \right]}/{(f\,)}\;$. For some height functions $h$ of infinite support $I$, the search for a functional $\alpha$ for which $\left( h,\,\alpha \right)$ has regulator $0$ comes down to having functions $\eta \,:\,I\,\to \,K$ such that no planar curve intersects the graph of $\eta$ on a cofinite subset. If $K$ has characterictic not $2$, and the triplet $\left( m,\,h,\,\alpha \right)$ gives a purely-simple Kronecker module $M$ having non-trivial endomorphisms, then $h$ attains the value $\infty$ at least once on $\text{K}\,\cup \,\text{ }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ }\infty \text{ }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ }$ and $h$ is finite-valued at least twice on $\text{K}\,\cup \,\text{ }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ }\infty \text{ }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ }$. Conversely all these $h$ form part of such triplets. The proof of this result hinges on the fact that a rational function $r$ is a perfect square in $K\left( X \right)$ if and only if $r$ is a perfect square in the completions of $K\left( X \right)$ with respect to all of its valuations.

Keywords

16S5015A27Purely simple Kronecker moduleregulating polynomialLaurent expansionsendomorphism algebra
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , 01 February 2007 , pp. 186 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2007

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