In
mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
, especially in the area of
algebra
Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems. It is a generalization of arithmetic that introduces variables and algebraic ope ...
known as
ring theory, an Ore extension, named after
Øystein Ore, is a special type of a
ring extension whose properties are relatively well understood. Elements of a Ore extension are called Ore polynomials.
Ore extensions appear in several natural contexts, including skew and differential
polynomial ring
In mathematics, especially in the field of algebra, a polynomial ring or polynomial algebra is a ring formed from the set of polynomials in one or more indeterminates (traditionally also called variables) with coefficients in another ring, ...
s,
group algebras of
polycyclic groups,
universal enveloping algebra
In mathematics, the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra is the unital associative algebra whose representations correspond precisely to the representations of that Lie algebra.
Universal enveloping algebras are used in the representa ...
s of
solvable Lie algebra
In mathematics, a Lie algebra \mathfrak is solvable if its derived series terminates in the zero subalgebra. The ''derived Lie algebra'' of the Lie algebra \mathfrak is the subalgebra of \mathfrak, denoted
: mathfrak,\mathfrak/math>
that consist ...
s, and
coordinate ring
In algebraic geometry, an affine variety or affine algebraic variety is a certain kind of algebraic variety that can be described as a subset of an affine space.
More formally, an affine algebraic set is the set of the common zeros over an algeb ...
s of
quantum groups.
Definition
Suppose that ''R'' is a (not necessarily
commutative
In mathematics, a binary operation is commutative if changing the order of the operands does not change the result. It is a fundamental property of many binary operations, and many mathematical proofs depend on it. Perhaps most familiar as a pr ...
)
ring
(The) Ring(s) may refer to:
* Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
* To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell
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* ''The Ring'' (franchise), a ...
,
is a
ring homomorphism
In mathematics, a ring homomorphism is a structure-preserving function between two rings. More explicitly, if ''R'' and ''S'' are rings, then a ring homomorphism is a function that preserves addition, multiplication and multiplicative identity ...
, and
is a ''σ''-derivation of ''R'', which means that
is a
homomorphism
In algebra, a homomorphism is a morphism, structure-preserving map (mathematics), map between two algebraic structures of the same type (such as two group (mathematics), groups, two ring (mathematics), rings, or two vector spaces). The word ''homo ...
of
abelian group
In mathematics, an abelian group, also called a commutative group, is a group in which the result of applying the group operation to two group elements does not depend on the order in which they are written. That is, the group operation is commu ...
s satisfying
:
.
Then the Ore extension