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Sheaf representations of strongly harmonic rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Harold Simmons
Harold Simmons
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Department of Mathematics, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2TY
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Synopsis

We describe five different sheaf representations of a ring, all of which are full and four of which are faithful. We give a characterization of strongly harmonic rings, and show that for such rings, the four faithful representations agree.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 99 , Issue 3-4 , 1985 , pp. 249 - 268
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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