Structure of commutative subalgebra of endomorphism ring
Source: Alibaba Global Math Competition 2021, Problem 20
July 4, 2021
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Problem Statement
Let be an infinite dimensional -vector space, and let denote the -algebra of -linear endomorphisms of . Let and be two commuting elements in satisfying the following condition: there exist integers satisfying , and such that for every , 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 be the -subalgebra generated by and . Note that is commutative and can be regarded as an -module.(a) Show that is an integral domain and is isomorphic to , where is a non-zero polynomial such that .(b) Let be the fractional field of . Show that is a -dimensional vector space over .