MathDB
Structure of commutative subalgebra of endomorphism ring

Source: Alibaba Global Math Competition 2021, Problem 20

July 4, 2021
algebracollege contestsmoduleendomorphism

Problem Statement

Let M=iZCeiM=\bigoplus_{i \in \mathbb{Z}} \mathbb{C}e_i be an infinite dimensional C\mathbb{C}-vector space, and let End(M)\text{End}(M) denote the C\mathbb{C}-algebra of C\mathbb{C}-linear endomorphisms of MM. Let AA and BB be two commuting elements in End(M)\text{End}(M) satisfying the following condition: there exist integers mn<0<pqm \le n<0<p \le q satisfying gd(m,p)=gcd(n,q)=1\text{gd}(-m,p)=\text{gcd}(-n,q)=1, and such that for every jZj \in \mathbb{Z}, one has Ae_j=\sum_{i=j+m}^{j+n} a_{i,j}e_i,   \text{with } a_{i,j} \in \mathbb{C}, a_{j+m,j}a_{j+n,j} \ne 0, Be_j=\sum_{i=j+p}^{j+q} b_{i,j}e_i,   \text{with } b_{i,j} \in \mathbb{C}, b_{j+p,j}b_{j+q,j} \ne 0. Let REnd(M)R \subset \text{End}(M) be the C\mathbb{C}-subalgebra generated by AA and BB. Note that RR is commutative and MM can be regarded as an RR-module.
(a) Show that RR is an integral domain and is isomorphic to RC[x,y]/f(x,y)R \cong \mathbb{C}[x,y]/f(x,y), where f(x,y)f(x,y) is a non-zero polynomial such that f(A,B)=0f(A,B)=0.
(b) Let KK be the fractional field of RR. Show that MRKM \otimes_R K is a 11-dimensional vector space over KK.