Reflexive Modules, the Infinite Root Algebra and the Generating Hypothesis

Abstract

This thesis concerns the algebraic consequences of Freyd's Generating Hypothesis, and explores the question of whether there exists a self-injective ring R that can be constructed purely algebraically that exhibits some of the known properties of the stable homotopy ring, including some conjectured properties that follow from Freyd's Generating Hypothesis. As an example, we investigate the infinite root algebra of Hahn series P, firstly by establishing results for the related Hahn ring A. In particular, we prove that the Theta-reflexive A-modules and the multibasic A-modules are the same.