Non-associative Ore extensions

Abstract

We introduce non-associative Ore extensions, $S = R[X ; σ, δ]$, for any non-associative unital ring $R$ and any additive maps $σ,δ: R \rightarrow R$ satisfying $σ(1)=1$ and $δ(1)=0$. In the special case when $δ$ is either left or right $R_δ$-linear, where $R_δ = \ker(δ)$, and $R$ is $δ$-simple, i.e. $\{ 0 \}$ and $R$ are the only $δ$-invariant ideals of $R$, we determine the ideal structure of the non-associative differential polynomial ring $D = R[X ; \mathrm{id}_R , δ]$. Namely, in that case, we show that all ideals of $D$ are generated by monic polynomials in the center $Z(D)$ of $D$. We also show that $Z(D) = R_δ[p]$ for a monic $p \in R_δ[X]$, unique up to addition of elements from $Z(R)_δ$. Thereby, we generalize classical results by Amitsur on differential polynomial rings defined by derivations on associative and simple rings. Furthermore, we use the ideal structure of $D$ to show that $D$ is simple if and only if $R$ is $δ$-simple and $Z(D)$ equals the field $R_δ \cap Z(R)$. This provides us with a non-associative generalization of a result by Öinert, Richter, and Silvestrov. This result is in turn used to show a non-associative version of a classical result by Jordan concerning simplicity of $D$ in the cases when the characteristic of the field $R_δ \cap Z(R)$ is either zero or a prime. We use our findings to show simplicity results for both non-associative versions of Weyl algebras and non-associative differential polynomial rings defined by monoid/group actions on compact Hausdorff spaces.