Regularity, local cohomology and injective modules under contracting endomorphisms
This work extends several fundamental results previously established for rings of characteristic $p$ to the broader class of rings that admit a contracting endomorphism. Specifically, let $ϕ: R \to R$ be such an endomorphism, and denote by $^ϕR$ the ring $R$ endowed with the left $R$-module structure induced by $ϕ$. We employ the functor $\text{Hom}_R(^ϕR,-)$ to derive new characterizations of regular rings. Furthermore, we examine the behavior of the functor $(-) \otimes_R {^ϕ}R$ on local cohomology modules and injective modules.