Throughout this paper, R is an associative ring; andN ,C,C(R), and J denote, respectively, the set of nilpotent elements, the center, the commutator ideal, and the Jacobson radical. An element x of R is called potent if xn = x for some positive integer n= n(x) > 1. A ring R is called periodic if for every x in R, xm = xn for some distinct positive integersm=m(x), n = n(x). A ring R is called we...

We introduce a family of tableaux that simultaneously generalizes the tableaux used to characterize Grothendieck polynomials and k-Schur functions. We prove that the polynomials drawn from these tableaux are the affine Grothendieck polynomials and k-K-Schur functions – Schubert representatives for the K-theory of affine Grassmannians and their dual in the nil Hecke ring. We prove a number of co...

We show that all monomial ideals in the polynomial ring in at most 3 variables are pretty clean and that an arbitrary monomial ideal I is pretty clean if and only if its polarization I p is clean. This yields a new characterization of pretty clean monomial ideals in terms of the arithmetic degree, and it also implies that a multicomplex is shellable if and only the simplicial complex correspond...

Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP IV, CD26) inhibitor indicated for treatment of Type II diabetes as a second line therapy after metformin. We report fifteen sitagliptin intolerant patients who developed anterior and posterior rhinorrhea, cough, dyspnea, and fatigue. Symptoms typically developed within 1 to 8 weeks of starting, and resolved within 1 week of stopping the drug. Peak ex...

We give new proofs of two theorems on rings in which every zero subring is finite; and we apply these theorems to obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for an infinite ring with periodic additive group to have an infinite periodic subring. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 16N40, 16N60, 16P99. Let R be a ring and N its set of nilpotent elements; and call R reduced if N = {0}. Follo...

A square matrix is said to be alternating-clean if it is the sum of an alternating matrix and an invertible matrix. In this paper, we determine all alternating-clean matrices over any division ring K. If K is not commutative, all matrices are alternating-clean, with the exception of the 1× 1 zero matrix. If K is commutative, all matrices are alternating-clean, with the exception of odd-size alt...

In this paper, we introduce a class of $J$-quasipolar rings. Let $R$ be a ring with identity. An element $a$ of a ring $R$ is called {it weakly $J$-quasipolar} if there exists $p^2 = pin comm^2(a)$ such that $a + p$ or $a-p$ are contained in $J(R)$ and the ring $R$ is called {it weakly $J$-quasipolar} if every element of $R$ is weakly $J$-quasipolar. We give many characterizations and investiga...

We prove that a generalized periodic, as well as a generalized Boolean, ring is either commutative or periodic. We also prove that a generalized Boolean ring with central idempotents must be nil or commutative. We further consider conditions which imply the commutativity of a generalized periodic, or a generalized Boolean, ring. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 16D70, 16U80. Throughout,...

Let G be the group with Borel subgroup B, associated to a Kac-Moody Lie algebra [unk] (with Weyl group W and Cartan subalgebra [unk]). Then H(*)(G/B) has, among others, four distinguished structures (i) an algebra structure, (ii) a distinguished basis, given by the Schubert cells, (iii) a module for W, and (iv) a module for Hecke-type operators A(w), for w [unk] W. We construct a ring R, which ...