Left quotient associative pairs and Morita invariant properties.

In this paper we prove that left nonsingularity and left nonsingularity plus finite left local Goldie dimension are two Morita invariant properties for idempotent rings without total left or right zero divisors. Moreover, two Morita equivalent idempotent rings, semiprime and left local Goldie, have Fountain-Gould left quotient rings that are Morita equivalent too. These results can be obtained from others concerning associative pairs. We introduce the notion of (general) left quotients pairs of an associative pair and show the existence of a maximal left quotients pair for every semiprime or left nonsingular associative pair. Moreover, we characterize those associative pairs for which their maximal left quotients pairs is von Neumann regular and give a Gabriel-like characterization of associative pairs whose maximal left quotients pairs is semiprime and artinian.

(This paper has appeared in Comm. Algebra 32 (2004), no. 7, 2841--2862)


M. Gómez Lozano < magomez@agt.cie.uma.es >

M. Siles Molina. < mercedes@agt.cie.uma.es. >