Homological smoothness and deformations of generalized Weyl algebras

Abstract

It is an immediate conclusion from Bavula's papers \cite{Bavula:GWA-def}, \cite{Bavula:GWA-tensor-product} that if a generalized Weyl algebra $A=\kk[z;λ,η,φ(z)]$ is homologically smooth, then the polynomial $\phi (z)$ has no multiple roots. We prove in this paper that the converse is also true. Moreover, formal deformations of $A$ are studied when $\kk$ is of characteristic zero.

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