In abstract algebra, a monoid ring is a ring constructed from a ring and a monoid, just as a group ring is constructed from a ring and a group.
Let R be a ring and let G be a monoid. The monoid ring or monoid algebra of G over R, denoted R[G] or RG, is the set of formal sums ,
where for each and rg = 0 for all but finitely many g, equipped with coefficient-wise addition, and the multiplication in which the elements of R commute with the elements of G. More formally, R[G] is the set of functions φ: G → R such that {g : φ(g) ≠ 0} is finite, equipped with addition of functions, and with multiplication defined by
If G is a group, then R[G] is also called the group ring of G over R.
Given R and G, there is a ring homomorphism α: R → R[G] sending each r to r1 (where 1 is the identity element of G),
and a monoid homomorphism β: G → R[G] (where the latter is viewed as a monoid under multiplication) sending each g to 1g (where 1 is the multiplicative identity of R).
We have that α(r) commutes with β(g) for all r in R and g in G.
The universal property of the monoid ring states that given a ring S, a ring homomorphism α': R → S, and a monoid homomorphism β': G → S to the multiplicative monoid of S,
such that α'(r) commutes with β'(g) for all r in R and g in G, there is a unique ring homomorphism γ: R[G] → S such that composing α and β with γ produces α' and β
'.
The augmentation is the ring homomorphism η: R[G] → R defined by
The kernel of η is called the augmentation ideal. It is a free R-module with basis consisting of 1 – g for all g in G not equal to 1.
Given a ring R and the (additive) monoid of natural numbers N (or {xn} viewed multiplicatively), we obtain the ring R[{xn}] =: R[x] of polynomials over R.
The monoid Nn (with the addition) gives the polynomial ring with n variables: R[Nn] =: R[X1, ..., Xn].
If G is a semigroup, the same construction yields a semigroup ring R[G].
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