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It is a well-known fact that modules over a commutative ring in general cannot be classified, and it is also well-known that we have to impose severe restrictions on either the ring or on the class of modules to solve this problem. One of the restrictions on the modules comes from freeness assumptions which have been intensively studied in recent decades. Two interesting, distinct but typical examples are the papers by Blass [1] and Eklof [8], both jointly with Shelah. In the first case the authors...
Let k be a commutative field. For any a,b∈ k, we denote by the deformation of the 2-dimensional Weyl algebra over k associated with the Jordanian Hecke symmetry with parameters a and b. We prove that: (i) any can be embedded in the usual Weyl algebra A₂(k), and (ii) is isomorphic to A₂(k) if and only if a = b.
Let n ≥ 3 be a positive integer. We study symmetric skew n-derivations of prime and semiprime rings and prove that under some certain conditions a prime ring with a nonzero symmetric skew n-derivation has to be commutative.