RADICALS WITH THE α-AMITSUR PROPERTY

Abstract

A radical γ of rings is said to have the Amitsur property if for all rings A, γ(A[X]) = (γ(A[X]) ∩ A)[X]. Let Xα denote a set of indeterminates of cardinality α. We say that γ has the α-Amitsur property if for all rings A, γ(A[Xα]) = (γ(A[Xα]) ∩ A)[Xα]. We study properties of this type of radicals and show relationships with other known radicals for rings. A ring A is said to be an absolute γ-ring if A[x1,…, xn] ∈ γ, for any n ∈ ℕ. We show that A is an absolute 𝔾-ring for the Brown–McCoy radical 𝔾, if and only if A is in the radical class S determined by the unitary strongly prime rings. Moreover, A is an absolute nil ring if and only if A is an absolute J-ring, where J denotes the Jacobson radical.