Lower bounds on the stable range of skew polynomial rings

Abstract

ABSTRACTLet R be a ring with an automorphism α and a derivation δ. In this article we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a skew polynomial ring R[x;α] and differential polynomial ring R[x;δ] to be 2-primal. We compute the Jacobson radical and the set of unit elements of a 2-primal skew polynomial ring R[x;α] and differential polynomial ring R[x;δ]. Also we establish the lower bounds on the stable range of a 2-primal skew polynomial ring R[x;α] and differential polynomial ring R[x;δ]. As an application we show that if R is 2-primal then the nth Weyl algebra over R is 2-primal and in this case . As a consequence, we extend and unify several known results of [4], [8], [10], [18], [19], and [22].