Normal Quadratics in Ore Extensions, Quantum Planes, and Quantized Weyl Algebras

Abstract

Let R be a Noetherian domain and let (σ, δ) be a quasi-derivation of R such that σ is an automorphism. There is an induced quasi-derivation on the classical quotient ring Q of R. Suppose F = t^2 - v is normal in the Ore extension R[t; σ, δ] where v ε R. We show F is prime in R[t; σ, δ] if and only if F is irreducible in Q[t; σ, δ] if and only if there does not exist w ε Q such that v = σ (w)w - δ (w). We apply this result to classify prime quadratic forms in quantum planes and quantized Weyl algebras.