TY - JOUR A1 - Brungs, Hans A1 - Gräter, Joachim T1 - Orders of Higher Rank in Semisimple Artinian Rings Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gräter, Joachim T1 - Algebraic elements in division rings Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gräter, Joachim T1 - Extending valuation rings via ultrafilters Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brungs, Hans A1 - Gräter, Joachim T1 - Trees and Valuation Rings Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gräter, Joachim A1 - Klein, Markus T1 - The Principal Axis Theorem for Holomorphic Functions Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gräter, Joachim A1 - Weese, Martin T1 - On the norm equation over function fields N2 - If K is an algebraic function field of one variable over an algebraically closed field k and F is a finite extension of K, then any element a of K can be written as a norm of some b in F by Tsen's theorem. All zeros and poles of a lead to zeros and poles of b, but in general additional zeros and poles occur. The paper shows how this number of additional zeros and poles of b can be restricted in terms of the genus of K, respectively F. If k is the field of all complex numbers, then we use Abel's theorem concerning the existence of meromorphic functions on a compact Riemarm surface. From this, the general case of characteristic 0 can be derived by means of principles from model theory, since the theory of algebraically closed fields is model-complete. Some of these results also carry over to the case of characteristic p > 0 using standard arguments from valuation theory Y1 - 2004 SN - 0024-6107 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gräter, Joachim A1 - Wirths, Karl-Joachim T1 - On Elementary Bounds for Sigma(infinity)(k=n)k(-s) JF - The American mathematical monthly : an official publication of the Mathematical Association of America N2 - By means of elementary arguments, we derive lower and upper bounds for the infinite series Sigma(infinity)(k=n)k(-s), s is an element of R and s > 1. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.122.02.155 SN - 0002-9890 SN - 1930-0972 VL - 122 IS - 2 SP - 155 EP - 158 PB - Mathematical Assoc. of America CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brungs, Hans H. A1 - Gräter, Joachim T1 - On central extensions of SL(2, F) admitting left-orderings JF - Journal of Algebra N2 - For an arbitrary euclidean field F we introduce a central extension (G(F), Phi) of SL(2, F) admitting a left-ordering and study its algebraic properties. The elements of G(F) are order preserving bijections of the convex hull of Q in F. If F = R then G(F) is isomorphic to the classical universal covering group of the Lie group SL(2, R). Among other results we show that G(F) is a perfect group which possesses a rank 1 cone of exceptional type. We also prove that its centre is an infinite cyclic group and investigate its normal subgroups. KW - Universal covering group KW - Central extensions of groups KW - Perfect groups KW - Ordered fields KW - Left-ordered groups KW - Order-preserving bijections KW - Euclidean fields Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2017.05.025 SN - 0021-8693 SN - 1090-266X VL - 486 SP - 288 EP - 327 PB - Elsevier CY - San Diego ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gräter, Joachim T1 - Free division rings of fractions of crossed products of groups with Conradian left-orders JF - Forum mathematicum N2 - Let D be a division ring of fractions of a crossed product F[G, eta, alpha], where F is a skew field and G is a group with Conradian left-order <=. For D we introduce the notion of freeness with respect to <= and show that D is free in this sense if and only if D can canonically be embedded into the endomorphism ring of the right F-vector space F((G)) of all formal power series in G over F with respect to <=. From this we obtain that all division rings of fractions of F[G, eta, alpha] which are free with respect to at least one Conradian left-order of G are isomorphic and that they are free with respect to any Conradian left-order of G. Moreover, F[G, eta, alpha] possesses a division ring of fraction which is free in this sense if and only if the rational closure of F[G, eta, alpha] in the endomorphism ring of the corresponding right F-vector space F((G)) is a skew field. KW - crossed product KW - group ring KW - ordered group KW - Conradian left-order KW - locally indicable group KW - division ring of fractions KW - Hughes-free KW - formal KW - power series Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/forum-2019-0264 SN - 0933-7741 SN - 1435-5337 VL - 32 IS - 3 SP - 739 EP - 772 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER -