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When rings of differential operators are maximal orders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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Let A be a commutative domain, finitely generated as an algebra over a field k of characteristic zero and write (A) for the ring of k -linear differential operators. Then A is an Ore domain with quotient division ring, say Q. Our main result is that A is a maximal order in Q if and only if (i) A = ∩{Ap: height (p) = 1} and (ii) A is geometrically unibranched. In this case A is also a Krull domain with no reflexive ideals. We also determine some conditions under which A is simple.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , November 1987 , pp. 399 - 410
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