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Stable range one for rings with many idempotents

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An associative ring <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is said to have stable range <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="1"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> if for any <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="a"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">a</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>, <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="b element-of upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">b \in R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> satisfying <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="a upper R plus b upper R equals upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">aR + bR = R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>, there exists <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="y element-of upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>y</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">y \in R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> such that <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="a plus b y"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>a</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>y</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">a + by</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> by is a unit. The purpose of this note is to prove the following facts. Theorem <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="3"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">3</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>: An exchange ring <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> has stable range <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="1"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> if and only if every regular element of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is unit-regular. Theorem <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="5"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">5</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>: If <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is a strongly <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="pi"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\pi</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>-regular ring with the property that all powers of every regular element are regular, then <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> has stable range <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="1"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>. The latter generalizes a recent result of Goodearl and Menal [<inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="5"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">5</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>].

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