Hindman's finite sums theorem and its application to topologizations of algebras

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Main Author: Saveliev, Denis I.
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contents The first part of the paper is a brief overview of Hindman's finite sums theorem, its prehistory and a few of its further generalizations, and a modern technique used in proving these and similar results, which is based on idempotent ultrafilters in ultrafilter extensions of semigroups. The second, main part of the paper is devoted to the topologizability problem of a wide class of algebraic structures called polyrings; this class includes Abelian groups, rings, modules, algebras over a ring, differential rings, and others. We show that the Zariski topology of such an algebra is always non-discrete. Actually, a much stronger fact holds: if $K$ is an infinite polyring, $n$ a natural number, and a map $F$ of $K^n$ into $K$ is defined by a term in $n$ variables, then $F$ is a closed nowhere dense subset of the space $K^{n+1}$ with its Zariski topology. In particular, $K^n$ is a closed nowhere dense subset of $K^{n+1}$. The proof essentially uses a multidimensional version of Hindman's finite sums theorem. The third part of the paper lists several problems concerning topologization of various algebraic structures, their Zariski topologies, and related questions.
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spellingShingle Hindman's finite sums theorem and its application to topologizations of algebras
Saveliev, Denis I.
General Topology
Combinatorics
Logic
Rings and Algebras
14A22, 17A01, 54D80, 54H13 (Primary) 03C05, 03C15, 03C60, 05D10, 05E15, 22A22, 22A30, 54D35, 54F45, 54H11 (Secondary)
The first part of the paper is a brief overview of Hindman's finite sums theorem, its prehistory and a few of its further generalizations, and a modern technique used in proving these and similar results, which is based on idempotent ultrafilters in ultrafilter extensions of semigroups. The second, main part of the paper is devoted to the topologizability problem of a wide class of algebraic structures called polyrings; this class includes Abelian groups, rings, modules, algebras over a ring, differential rings, and others. We show that the Zariski topology of such an algebra is always non-discrete. Actually, a much stronger fact holds: if $K$ is an infinite polyring, $n$ a natural number, and a map $F$ of $K^n$ into $K$ is defined by a term in $n$ variables, then $F$ is a closed nowhere dense subset of the space $K^{n+1}$ with its Zariski topology. In particular, $K^n$ is a closed nowhere dense subset of $K^{n+1}$. The proof essentially uses a multidimensional version of Hindman's finite sums theorem. The third part of the paper lists several problems concerning topologization of various algebraic structures, their Zariski topologies, and related questions.
title Hindman's finite sums theorem and its application to topologizations of algebras
topic General Topology
Combinatorics
Logic
Rings and Algebras
14A22, 17A01, 54D80, 54H13 (Primary) 03C05, 03C15, 03C60, 05D10, 05E15, 22A22, 22A30, 54D35, 54F45, 54H11 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.01947