Recent results on weakly factorial domains

Abstract

In this paper, we will survey recent results on weakly factorial domains base on the results of [11, 13, 14]. LetD be an integral domain, X be an indeterminate over D, d ∈ D, R = D[X,d/X] be a subring of the Laurent polynomial ring D[X,1/X], Γ be a nonzero torsionless commutative cancellative monoid with quotient group G, and D[Γ] be the semigroup ring of Γ over D. Among other things, we show that R is a weakly factorial domain if and only if D is a weakly factorial GCD‐domain and d = 0, d is a unit of D or d is a prime element of D. We also show that if char(D) = 0 (resp., char(D) = p > 0), then D[Γ] is a weakly factorial domain if and only if D is a weakly factorial GCD domain, Γ is a weakly factorial GCD semigroup, and G is of type (0,0,0,…) (resp., (0,0,0,…) except p).