Throughout kwill denote a field. If a group Γ acts on aset A we say an element is Γ-orbital if its orbit is finite and write ΔΓ(A) for the subset of such elements. Let I be anideal of a group algebra kA; we denote by I+ the normal subgrou(I+1)∩A of A. A subgroup B of an abelian torsion-free group A is said to be dense in A if A/B is a torsion-group. Let I be an ideal of a commutative ring K; then the spectrum Sp(I) of I is the set of all prime ideals P of K such that I≤P. If R is a ring, M is an R-module and x ɛ M we denote by the annihilator of x in R. We recall that a group Γ is said to have finite torsion-free rank if it has a finite series in which each factoris either infinite cyclic or locally finite; its torsion-free rank r0(Γ) is then defined to be the number of infinite cyclic factors in such a series.

Throughout, R denotes a commutative domain with 1, and Q (≠R) its field of quotients, which is viewed here as an R-module. The symbol K will stand for the R-module Q/R, while R denotes the multiplicative monoid R/0.

In [7], Z. Tang and H. Zakeri introduced the concept of co-Cohen-Macaulay Artinian module over a quasi-local commutative ring R (with identity): a non-zero Artinian R-module A is said to be a co-Cohen-Macaulay module if and only if codepth A = dim A, where codepth A is the length of a maximalA-cosequence and dimA is the Krull dimension of A as defined by R. N. Roberts in [2]. Tang and Zakeriobtained several properties of co-Cohen-Macaulay Artinian R-modules, including a characterization of such modules by means of the modules of generalized fractions introduced by Zakeri and the present second author in [6]; this characterization is explained as follows.

The main object of study in this paper is the quantized Weyl algebra which arises from the work of Maltsiniotis [10] on noncommutative differential calculus. This algebra has been studied from the point of view of noncommutative ring theory by various authors including Alev and Dumas [1], the second author [9], Cauchon [3], and Goodearl and Lenagan [5]. In [9], it is shown that has n normal elements zi and, subject to a condition on the parameters, the localization obtained on inverting these elements is simple of Krull and global dimension n. It is easy to show that each of these normal elements generates a height one prime ideal and that these are all the height one prime ideals of . The purpose of this paper is to determine, under a stronger condition on the parameters, all the prime ideals of and to compare the prime spectrum with that of a related algebra . This algebra has more symmetric defining relations than those of but it shares the same simple localization which again is obtained by inverting n normal elements zi. Like the alternative algebra can be regarded as an algebra of skew differential (or difference) operators on the coordinate ring of quantum n-space.

Let R be a regular semigroup and denote by (R) its congruence lattice. For , the kernel of pis the set ker . The relation K on (R) defined by λKp if ker λ = ker p is the kernel relation on (R). In general, K is a complete ∩-congruence but it is not a v-congruence. In view of the importance of the kernel-trace approach to the study of congruences on a regular semigroup (the trace of p is its restriction to idempotents of R), it is of considerable interest to determine necessary and sufficient conditions on R in order for K to be a congruence. This being in general a difficult task, one restricts attention to special classes of regular semigroups. For a background on this subject, consult [1].

Let G be a finite group, H a copy of its p-Sylow subgroup, and N the normalizer of H in G. A theorem by Nishida [10] states the p-homotopy equivalence of suitable suspensions of BN and BG when H is abelian. Recently, in [3] the authors proved a stronger result: let ΩkH be the subgroup of H generated by elements of order pk or less; if

then BN and BG are stably p-homotopy equivalent. The hypothesis above is obviously verified when H is abelian. In the same paper the authors recall that H does not verify such condition when p = 2 and G = SL2(Fq) for a suitable odd prime power q; in this case BG and BN are not stably 2-homotopy equivalent.

Let be either a C*-algebra (with norm ∥ ∥) or a symmetric ideal of operators on a Hilbert space (with norm denoted by σ). Let a1…, an be self-adjoint elements, and let a0 = .

In this paper time-harmonic surface wave motion for progressive waves incident normally on and scattered by a partially immersed fixed vertical barrier in water of infinite depth is considered in the presence of surface tension. The problem for the velocity potential is solved, as others have been previously, by first supposing that the free-surface slopes at the barrier are prescribed and the formal solution in terms of these is obtained explicitly by complex-variable methods. To simplify the calculation the known solution corresponding to zero free-surface slopes at the barrier is subtracted out first and emphasis is placed on determining the residual potential. Finally, an appropriate dynamical edge condition is imposed on the formal solution to determine the required values of the edge-slope constants and hence fully solve the transmission problem. The problem was first examined some time ago using a complex-variable reduction procedure before the advent of this condition, although an explicit formal solution was not obtained, that earlier work forms a basis for the present investigation. It is noted in conclusion how the solution of the problem for waves generated by a partially immersed non-uniform heaving vertical plate may easily be obtained in a similar manner, since the formal solution required is just the residual potential determined in our main problem.