Elementary matrix reduction over Bézout domains

A ring [Formula: see text] is an elementary divisor ring if every matrix over [Formula: see text] admits a diagonal reduction. If [Formula: see text] is an elementary divisor domain, we prove that [Formula: see text] is a Bézout duo-domain if and only if for any [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text]. We explore certain stable-like conditions on a Bézout domain under which it is an elementary divisor ring. Many known results are thereby generalized to much wider class of rings.

Commutative Bezout domains in which any nonzero prime ideal is contained in a finite set of maximal ideals

We investigate commutative Bezout domains in which any nonzero prime ideal is contained in a finite set of maximal ideals. In particular, we have described the class of such rings, which are elementary divisor rings. A ring $R$ is called an elementary divisor ring if every matrix over $R$ has a canonical diagonal reduction (we say that a matrix $A$ over $R$ has a canonical diagonal reduction if for the matrix $A$ there exist invertible matrices $P$ and $Q$ of appropriate sizes and a diagonal matrix $D=\mathrm{diag}(\varepsilon_1,\varepsilon_2,\dots,\varepsilon_r,0,\dots,0)$ such that $PAQ=D$ and $R\varepsilon_i\subseteq R\varepsilon_{i+1}$ for every $1\le i\le r-1$). We proved that a commutative Bezout domain $R$ in which any nonze\-ro prime ideal is contained in a finite set of maximal ideals and for any nonzero element $a\in R$ the ideal $aR$ a decomposed into a product $aR = Q_1\ldots Q_n$, where $Q_i$ ($i=1,\ldots, n$) are pairwise comaximal ideals and $\mathrm{rad}\,Q_i\in\mathrm{spec}\, R$, is an elementary divisor ring.

DECIDABILITY OF THE THEORY OF MODULES OVER PRÜFER DOMAINS WITH INFINITE RESIDUE FIELDS

We provide algebraic conditions ensuring the decidability of the theory of modules over effectively given Prüfer (in particular Bézout) domains with infinite residue fields in terms of a suitable generalization of the prime radical relation. For Bézout domains these conditions are also necessary.