Existence of generalized quasi t-fine rings outside the generalized fine class

Determine whether, if no quasi t-fine ring is non-fine, there exists a generalized quasi t-fine ring that is not generalized fine.

Background

Generalized quasi t-fine rings are defined by the decomposition R\setminus J(R)=T(R)+Q(R), with Q(R) the set of quasinilpotent elements. The paper establishes examples of generalized quasi t-fine rings that are not generalized t-fine, but it does not determine whether the generalized quasi t-fine class is strictly broader than the generalized fine class.

The concluding problem asks this as a fallback question conditional on the nonexistence of a quasi t-fine ring that is not fine; the authors explicitly identify the answer to the stated problem as unknown.

References

Thus, we conclude this paper with the following problem, whose answer is currently unknown to us.

Does there exist a quasi $t$-fine ring that is not fine, and, if not, does there exist a generalized quasi $t$-fine ring that is not generalized fine?

Generalized $t$-Fine and Quasi $t$-Fine Rings  (2609.19882 - Bien et al., 17 Sep 2026) in Section 3, concluding Problem