Towards a classification of stable semistar operations on a Pr\"ufer domain

We study stable semistar operations defined over a Pr\"ufer domain, showing that, if every ideal of a Pr\"ufer domain $R$ has only finitely many minimal primes, every such closure can be described through semistar operations defined on valuation overrings of $R$.Comment: to appear in Communications in Algebr

Non-compact subsets of the Zariski space of an integral domain

Let $V$ be a minimal valuation overring of an integral domain $D$ and let $\mathrm{Zar}(D)$ be the Zariski space of the valuation overrings of $D$. Starting from a result in the theory of semistar operations, we prove a criterion under which the set $\mathrm{Zar}(D)\setminus\{V\}$ is not compact. We then use it to prove that, in many cases, $\mathrm{Zar}(D)$ is not a Noetherian space, and apply it to the study of the spaces of Kronecker function rings and of Noetherian overrings.Comment: To appear in the Illinois Journal of Mathematic

Calculating the density of solutions of equations related to the P\'olya-Ostrowski group through Markov chains

Motivated by a problem in the theory of integer-valued polynomials, we investigate the natural density of the solutions of equations of the form $\theta_uu_q(n)+\theta_ww_q(n)+\theta_2\frac{n(n+1)}{2}+\theta_1n+\theta_0\equiv 0\bmod d$, where $d,q\geq 2$ are fixed integers, $\theta_u,\theta_w,\theta_2,\theta_1,\theta_0$ are parameters and $u_q$ and $w_q$ are functions related to the $q$-adic valuations of the numbers between 1 and $n$. We show that the number of solutions of this equation in $[0,N)$ satisfies a recurrence relation, with which we can associate to any pair $(d,q)$ a stochastic matrix and a Markov chain. Using this interpretation, we calculate the density for the case $\theta_u=\theta_2=0$ and for the case $\theta_u=1$, $\theta_w=\theta_2=\theta_1=0$ and either $d|q$ or $d$ and $q$ are coprime.Comment: to appear in Acta Arithmetic

Extending valuations to the field of rational functions using pseudo-monotone sequences

Let $V$ be a valuation domain with quotient field $K$. We show how to describe all extensions of $V$ to $K(X)$ when the $V$-adic completion $\widehat{K}$ is algebraically closed, generalizing a similar result obtained by Ostrowski in the case of one-dimensional valuation domains. This is accomplished by realizing such extensions by means of pseudo-monotone sequences, a generalization of pseudo-convergent sequences introduced by Chabert. We also show that the valuation rings associated to pseudo-convergent and pseudo-divergent sequences (two classes of pseudo-monotone sequences) roughly correspond, respectively, to the closed and the open balls of $K$ in the topology induced by $V$.Comment: all comments are welcome!

The Zariski-Riemann space of valuation domains associated to pseudo-convergent sequences

Let $V$ be a valuation domain with quotient field $K$. Given a pseudo-convergent sequence $E$ in $K$, we study two constructions associating to $E$ a valuation domain of $K(X)$ lying over $V$, especially when $V$ has rank one. The first one has been introduced by Ostrowski, the second one more recently by Loper and Werner. We describe the main properties of these valuation domains, and we give a notion of equivalence on the set of pseudo-convergent sequences of $K$ characterizing when the associated valuation domains are equal. Then, we analyze the topological properties of the Zariski-Riemann spaces formed by these valuation domains.Comment: any comment is welcome! Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 373 (2020), no. 11, 7959-799

Free groups of ideals

We study the freeness of the group $\mathrm{Inv}(D)$ of invertible ideals of an integral domain $D$, and the freeness of some related groups of (fractional) ideals. We study the relation between $\mathrm{Inv}(D)$ and $\mathrm{Inv}(D_P)$, in particular in the locally finite case, and we analyze in more detail the case where $D$ is Noetherian (obtaining a characterization of when $\mathrm{Inv}(D)$ is free for one-dimensional analytically unramified Noetherian domains) and where $D$ is Pr\"ufer

Asymptotic for the number of star operations on one-dimensional Noetherian domains

We study the set of star operations on local Noetherian domains $D$ of dimension $1$ such that the conductor $(D:T)$ (where $T$ is the integral closure of $D$) is equal to the maximal ideal of $D$. We reduce this problem to the study of a class of closure operations (more precisely, multiplicative operations) in a finite extension $k\subseteq B$, where $k$ is a field, and then we study how the cardinality of this set of closures vary as the size of $k$ varies while the structure of $B$ remains fixed

The local Picard group of a ring extension

Given an integral domain $D$ and a $D$-algebra $R$, we introduce the local Picard group $\mathrm{LPic}(R,D)$ as the quotient between the Picard group $\mathrm{Pic}(R)$ and the canonical image of $\mathrm{Pic}(D)$ in $\mathrm{Pic}(R)$, and its subgroup $\mathrm{LPic}_u(R,D)$ generated by the the integral ideals of $R$ that are unitary with respect to $D$. We show that, when $D\subseteq R$ is a ring extension that satisfies certain properties (for example, when $R$ is the ring of polynomial $D[X]$ or the ring of integer-valued polynomials $\mathrm{Int}(D)$), it is possible to decompose $\mathrm{LPic}(R,D)$ as the direct sum $\bigoplus\mathrm{LPic}(RT,T)$, where $T$ ranges in a Jaffard family of $D$. We also study under what hypothesis this isomorphism holds for pre-Jaffard families of $D$