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A Bézout domain that is not an elementary divisor domain

Christian Hägg, Anders Mörtberg

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Source: arXiv

Published: Sep 28, 2026

arXiv: 2609.35229

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We settle in the negative the longstanding question whether every Bézout domain is an elementary divisor domain by constructing a Bézout domain over which an explicit 2×22\times 2 matrix has no Smith normal form. The obstruction is topological and is detected by the Möbius line bundle.

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