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The ideal generated by homogeneous elements of a graded algebra is graded
Statement
Let be a unital associative superalgebra over , and let be a set of homogeneous elements of . The two-sided ideal generated by is graded, meaning . Consequently the quotient inherits a -grading compatible with multiplication.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A unital associative superalgebra and a set of homogeneous elements.
Associative superalgebra over the complex numbers: multiplication is associative and sends into ; the unit belongs to .
Left, right and two-sided ideals: a two-sided ideal is an additive subgroup stable under left and right multiplication by every element of the ring.
The ideal generated by a subset and principal ideals and Ideal criteria and intersections of ideals: the generated ideal is the intersection of the nonempty family of all two-sided ideals containing , and every such intersection is a two-sided ideal.
Proof
Let consist of all finite sums , with and , including the empty sum . Concatenating sums and replacing by show that is an additive subgroup; multiplying a sum on the left or right absorbs that factor into or , using associativity from [F1], so [F2] makes a two-sided ideal. It contains every as . Every two-sided ideal containing contains each and every such finite sum. Thus is the smallest two-sided ideal containing , and [F3] gives .
For each summand in a finite expression defining , write and . Then ; each term is homogeneous by [F1] and lies in . Therefore every homogeneous component of every element of lies in , proving . Every coset in decomposes into its even and odd component classes; if a class lies in their intersection, its two homogeneous representatives differ by an element of the graded ideal , so both representatives lie in and the class is zero. The quotient grading is direct, and the product respects it because the product in does.
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Used by
- Universal enveloping superalgebra Definition
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Sources
- Lauren Caston and Rita Fioresi, Mathematical Foundations of Supersymmetry, §1.1, Definitions 1.1.1 and 1.1.6 (grading conventions) (standard reference, not scraped)