Affine maps of state spaces and state spaces of K 0 groups

Abstract

Abstract Let φ be a homomorphism from the partially ordered abelian group (S, v) to the partially ordered abelian group (G, u) with φ(v) = u, where v and u are order units of S and G respectively. Then φ induces an affine map φ* from the state space St(G, u) to the state space St(S, v). Firstly, in this paper, we give some suitable conditions under which φ* is injective, surjective or bijective. Let R be a semilocal ring with the Jacobson radical J(R) and let π: R → R/J(R) be a canonical map. We discuss the affine map (K 0 π)*. Secondly, for a semiprime right Goldie ring R with the maximal right quotient ring Q, we consider the relations between St(R) and St(Q). Some results from [ALFARO, R.: State spaces, finite algebras, and skew group rings, J. Algebra 139 (1991), 134–154] and [GOODEARL, K. R.-WARFIELD, R. B., Jr.: State spaces of K 0 of noetherian rings, J. Algebra 71 (1981), 322–378] are extended.