Title: Compact objects in categories of modules Author: Peter Kálnai Department: Department of Algebra Supervisor: Mgr. Jan Žemlička, Ph.D., Department of Algebra Abstract: In the thesis we state baic properties of compact objects in various appropriate categories like categories of modules, stable factor category over a perfect ring and Grothendieck categories. We find a ring R such that the class of dually slender R-modules is closed under direct products under some set-theoretic assumption. Finally, we characterize the conditions, when countably generat- ed projective modules are finitely generated, expressed by their Grothendieck monoid. Keywords: compact, dually slender module, stable module category, projective module, self-small

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-15T11:46:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 578974 bytes, checksum: e512f47deae8cd03667ae8e7c2143b34 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The notions of connection and covariant derivative has its origin in the field of Riemannian geometry , where there is no distinction between them. In fact, in this study we found that these notions are equivalent if we consider modules over K-algebras of finite type. We also show that the existence of connections implies the existence of covariant derivative. The main goal of this study is to determine which modules admit connections. We easily verified that the projective modules admit connections. In fact, they form an affine space. But we also display a module that is not projective and has connection. Later, inspired by Swan's theorem, we explore in a straightforward way modules formed by sections of the tangent bundle of some surfaces in 3-dimensional real space. Finally, we study the notion of connection introduced by Alain Connes in modules over K-algebras not necessarily commutative. And we find in that context that the modules that have connection are exactly the projectives modules. / As noções de conexão e derivada covariante tem sua origem na área de geometria riemanniana, onde não existe distinção entre elas. De fato, nós verificamos neste trabalho, que estas noções são equivalentes se considerarmos módulos sobre K-álgebras comutativas de tipo finito. Também mostramos que a existência de conexões implica na existência de derivada covariante. O objetivo central deste trabalho é determinar que módulos admitem conexão. Verificamos facilmente que os módulos projetivos admitem conexões. De fato, elas formam um espaço afim. Mas também exibimos um módulo não projetivo que possui conexão. Posteriormente, inspirados pelo teorema de Swan, exploramos de maneira direta os módulos formados pelas seções do fibrado tangente de algumas superfícies no espaço 3- dimensional real. Por fim, estudamos a noção de conexão introduzida por Alain Connes em módulos sobre K-álgebras não necessariamente comutativas. E verificamos nesse contexto que os módulo que admitem conexão são exatamente os módulos projetivos.

Noncommutative geometry has over the past four of decades grown into a rich field of study. Novel ideas and concepts are rapidly being developed, and a notable application of the theory outside of pure mathematics is quantum theory. This thesis will focus on a derivation-based approach to noncommutative geometry using the framework of real calculi, which is a rather direct approach to the subject. Due to their direct nature, real calculi are useful when studying classical concepts in Riemannian geometry and how they may be generalized to a noncommutative setting. This thesis aims to shed light on algebraic aspects of real calculi by introducing a concept of morphisms of real calculi, which enables the study of real calculi on a structural level. In particular, real calculi over matrix algebras are discussed both from an algebraic and a geometric perspective.Morphisms are also interpreted geometrically, giving a way to develop a noncommutative theory of embeddings. As an example, the noncommutative torus is minimally embedded into the noncommutative 3-sphere. / Ickekommutativ geometri har under de senaste fyra decennierna blivit ett etablerat forskningsområde inom matematiken. Nya idéer och koncept utvecklas i snabb takt, och en viktig fysikalisk tillämpning av teorin är inom kvantteorin. Denna avhandling kommer att fokusera på ett derivationsbaserat tillvägagångssätt inom ickekommutativ geometri där ramverket real calculi används, vilket är ett relativt direkt sätt att studera ämnet på. Eftersom analogin mellan real calculi och klassisk Riemanngeometri är intuitivt klar så är real calculi användbara när man undersöker hur klassiska koncept inom Riemanngeometri kan generaliseras till en ickekommutativ kontext. Denna avhandling ämnar att klargöra vissa algebraiska aspekter av real calculi genom att introducera morfismer för dessa, vilket möjliggör studiet av real calculi på en strukturell nivå. I synnerhet diskuteras real calculi över matrisalgebror från både ett algebraiskt och ett geometriskt perspektiv. Morfismer tolkas även geometriskt, vilket leder till en ickekommutativ teori för inbäddningar. Som ett exempel blir den ickekommutativa torusen minimalt inbäddad i den ickekommutativa 3-sfären.

This doctoral thesis provides several new results in which we leverage the inner structure of non-singular rings, in particular of self-injective von Neumann regular rings. First, we describe categorical and set-theoretical conditions under which all products of compact objects remain compact, where the notion of compactness is relativized with respect to a fixed subclass of objects. A special instance when such closure property holds are the classic module categories over rings of our interest. Moreover, we show that a potential counterexample for Köthe's Conjecture might be in the form of a countable local subring of a suitable simple self-injective von Neumann regular ring. 1