The semiprimeness conjecture for bounded skew power series rings

Let QQ be a simple artinian Zp\mathbb{Z}_p-algebra carrying a standard filtration uu. Let (σ,δ)(\sigma,\delta) be a commuting skew derivation on QQ, meaning that

sigmadelta=deltasigma.sigmadelta=deltasigma.

Assume that (σ,δ)(\sigma,\delta) is quasi-compatible with uu, and let Q+[[x;σ,δ]]Q^+[[x;\sigma,\delta]] denote the bounded skew power series ring.

Semiprimeness conjecture. The ring Q+[[x;σ,δ]]Q^+[[x;\sigma,\delta]] is (semi)prime.

The bounded skew power series ring is known to exist under these hypotheses. If this conjecture holds, the filtered localisation procedure would imply that every skew power series ring over a complete, filtered prime ring is (semi)prime, answering the corresponding question about Iwasawa algebras positively.

References

Primary source

Adam Jones and William Woods, “Skew power series rings with automorphisms of finite inner order”, arXiv:2508.21160 (2025).

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