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Isn't every algebraic operad equipped with a trivial weight?

In Loday–Vallette "Algebraic Operads" they state the following result (Theorem 6.6.2, Operadic twisting morphism fundamental theorem): Let $P$ be a connected weight graded differential ...
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Property for bounding matrix exponential

Wikipedia states in the exponential map section about the exponential of a matrix that for any matrices $X$, $Y$ it holds that $\|e^{X+Y}-e^{X}\| \leq \|Y\|e^{\|X\|} e^{\|Y\|}$ where $\|\cdot\|$ ...
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An infinitely generated Lie algebra, its finitely generated envelope

If a Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ is finitely generated, its enveloing algebra $U\mathfrak g$ is finitely generated as an associative algebra. In fact, taking the enveloping algebra of the surjection $\...
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Reference request for a subfamily of regular graphs

[Repost of same question math stack exchange which got no answers] I'm looking for literature on the following family of graphs: Call a regular graph $G=(V,E)$ (of regularity degree $d$) nice if there ...
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On a lemma of projective dimension

Let $R$ be a finite-dimensional algebra, and $A=R\oplus A_1\oplus A_2\oplus \dotsb$ be an $\mathbb{N}$-graded algebra which is locally finite (i.e. all $A_i$'s are of finite dimension). Let $\text{...
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Infinite-dimensional, non-unital Frobenius algebras

A Frobenius algebra is a tuple $(A,\mu,\delta,\eta,\varepsilon)$, where $A$ is a vector space over some field, $(A,\mu,\eta)$ a unital associative algebra, and $(A,\delta,\varepsilon)$ a counital ...
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Algebra with three anti-commutator relations

Let $u,v,w \in \mathbb{F}_p^{\times}$. Consider the $\mathbb{F}_p$-algebra $V$ generated by $ a,b,c$ and the relations $$u a^2 = bc + cb$$ $$v b^2 = ac + ca$$ $$w c^2 = ab + ba$$ Is $V$ generated by ...
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A question about the existence of rational functions

I am reading a paper Representations of shifted quantum affine algebras. I have a question about the existence of a rational function about the remark $4.4$ I'll briefly describe the problem. We let $...
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Zero divisors in an algebra with two generators

Let $k$ be a field, and $R = k\langle x,y \mid x^2 = 0\rangle$. The generators $x$ and $y$ are not supposed to commute with each other. Is the only case where nonzero elements $a, b \in R$ satisfy $...
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Finite étale cover of factorial ring

Let $A$ be a regular factorial ring. Consider $B=A[X]/(P)$ such that $B$ is finite étale over $A$. When do we have that $B$ is also factorial?
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Locate the paper "Extensions of general algebras" by Eilenberg

I'm looking for the paper Extensions of general algebras, S. Eilenberg, Ann. Soc. Polon. Math. 21, (1948). 125–134 (MR0026647 in Mathscinet) It is supposedly hosted at the Digital Repository of ...
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Let $a_1, \dots, a_n$ be a finite set of positive reals. Is there a $\mathbb Q$-basis of $\mathbb R$ where each $a_i$ has nonnegative coordinates?

Let $a_1, \dots, a_n$ be a finite set of positive reals. Is there a $\mathbb Q$-basis of $\mathbb R$ where each $a_i$ has nonnegative coordinates? Playing around with the case $n = 2$, I’m pretty sure ...
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Relations in a certain Lie algebra

Let ${\mathfrak g}$ be the (real) Lie algebra generated by infinitely many generators $D_i, E_i$ with $i=1,2,3,\dots$ subject to the following relations for any natural numbers $i,j$: \begin{gather*} [...
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On the irreducible submodules of adjoint representations $\text{ad}^{0}$

Let $k$ be a finite field of characteristic $p$. Let $H$ be a subgroup of $\rm{GL}_{n}(k)$ of order prime to $p$ where $n\geq2$. Assume that the representation $H\hookrightarrow \rm{GL}_{n}(k)$ is ...
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How do I apply the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem?

I have become aware of an amazing phenomenon from a myriad of questions and answers here on MathOverflow: many of the results that I would typically prove using the Axiom of Choice can actually be ...
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Are there examples of brace algebras that are not operads?

The most typical example of a brace algebra is the brace algebra structure on the Hochschild complex of an associative algebra. This is a particular case of the following construction applied to the ...
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Classical (i.e. commutative) spaces with quantum symmetry but no classical symmetry

In a recent preprint (arXiv:2311.04889), my coauthors and I constructed a sequence of graphs with no classical symmetry which nevertheless have quantum symmetry. For graphs this had been an open ...
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Reference request: a cousin to the log semiring

Let $f$ be strictly increasing on $\mathbb{R}$. Then $x \oplus y := f^{-1}(f(x)+f(y))$ gives rise to a strict symmetric monoidal ($\Rightarrow$ commutative monoid) structure on $(\mathbb{R},\ge)$ with ...
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Tame-Wild dichotomy; why can't tame algebras be wild?

I would like to understand the Tame-Wild dichotomy, and in particular why an algebra cannot be tame and (semi-)wild at the same time. I've looked in the papers by Drozd and Crawley-Boevey [D80, CB88]. ...
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Inner product of signatures of piecewise linear paths

It is a well-know observation that, given two points $x_1,x_2 \in \mathbb{R}^d$, the path signature associated to their linear interpolation is given by the tensor exponential. Precisely, if $\Delta x$...
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Lie algebra cohomology of formal non-commutative vector fields

Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $0$ and $A=k\langle\langle x_1,\dotsc,x_n\rangle\rangle$ be a free completed associative algebra. The space of continuous derivations $\mathrm{Der}(A)$ is ...
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Names for product-like algebras involving a "duo of directed pseudoforests"

I am looking for the names (and/or for any information regarding) two algebras, one "free" and one "restricted" by an equivalence class. In both cases, there is an (infix) binary ...
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Resolutions of semi free (or almost free) commutative dg algebras with finitely generated cohomology

Let $A^{\bullet}:=\{ \cdots \rightarrow A^i \overset{d^i}{\rightarrow} A^{i+1} \rightarrow \cdots \rightarrow A^{-1} \rightarrow A^0 \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow \cdots \}$ be a non-positively graded ...
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Matrix ring isomorphisms of different sizes

Do there exist (unital, associative, noncommutative) rings $R$ and $S$, where $\mathbb{M}_2(R)\cong \mathbb{M}_3(S)$, but these matrix rings are not isomorphic to $\mathbb{M}_6(T)$ for any ring $T$?
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Problem 1.8 from Kirby's list

Context I looked through a book called "Problems in Low-Dimensional Topology", where Rob Kirby lists a set of problems. He provides a list of problems, states their conjectures, and ...
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Normal form for terms in language with two ring structures

Suppose I have two different ring structures on the same domain $\langle R,+,\cdot,0,1\rangle$, $\langle R,\oplus,\otimes,\bar 0,\bar 1\rangle$ and I throw the structures together into a single common ...
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Extending a complete lattice to get a "nice" Boolean lattice

Suppose we have a complete lattice. Which additional axioms (e.g. distributivity axioms) are needed to obtain a Boolean lattice in which $\text{complement}(a) = \text{lub}\{b \;|\; b \wedge a = \text{...
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Composition of Frobenius $n$-homomorphisms, characteristic-free?

This question is, as so often, a crossbreed of curiosity and laziness. The former has led me to an interesting, but somewhat unsatisfactory paper by Khudaverdian and Voronov (arXiv:2002.02395v2) and, ...
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Generating sets for a module and scalar extension

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and $K/k$ a (transcendental) field extension. Let $A$ be a finite dimensional $k$-algebra, and $M$ an $A$-module. Suppose that the $K \otimes_k A$-module $K \...
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Hensel lifting of roots of a biquadratic polynomial

Let $5$ divide $p-1$. Therefore, we have $$1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4=(x-\alpha)(x-{\alpha}^2)(x-\alpha^3)(x-\alpha^4)=f_1f_2f_3f_4$$ over $F_p,$ where $\alpha$ is an element of order $5$ in ${F_p}^\times.$ We ...
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Isomorphism in division algebras

Let $D$ be a division algebra with center $F$ and $D'$ a division algebra with center $K$, where $K$ is a Galois field extension over $F$. Let $\phi: D \otimes K \rightarrow D'$ be $K$ algebra ...
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Description of p-adics tensor the reals

What is $\mathbb{Z}_{p}\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}}\mathbb{R}$ equivalent to? where $\mathbb{Z}_p$ are the p-adic integers. I am specially interested in the case $p=2$. Do know that $\mathbb{Z}_p\otimes_{\...
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Birkhoff's completeness theorem put into practice

Birkhoff's completeness theorem (see here, Theorem 14.19) states that an equation which is true in all models of an algebraic theory can be proven in equational logic. Question. Does the proof of ...
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The presentations of finite complete local rings

Suppose that $R$ is a commutative ring such that there is a surjection $ \pi:\mathbf{Z}_p[[T_1,\cdots,T_n]]\to R$ of rings where $\mathbf{Z}_p[[T_1,\cdots,T_n]]$ is the ring of formal power series ...
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On the structure of an algebra as a bimodule

$\DeclareMathOperator\End{End}\DeclareMathOperator\Mod{Mod}\DeclareMathOperator\Ker{Ker}\newcommand{\bi}{\mathrm{bi}}\newcommand{\op}{\mathrm{op}}$Let $K$ be a field (say of characteristic zero), and $...
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A recursive description of the smallest divisor-closed subsemigroup containing a set

Let $S$ be a semigroup and $\widehat{S}$ be its unitization, i.e., the monoid obtained from $S$ by adjoining an identity element if necessary (so that $\widehat{S} = S$ when $S$ is already a monoid). ...
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Why is a ring called a "ring"?

Why is a ring called "ring" (or Zahlring in German)? There seems to (naive) me nothing more ring-like to a ring than there is to a group or a field. I am particularly interested to learn why the ...
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Isomorphic finite fields of a skew field

Let $D$ be a skew field and $F$ and $E$ be isomorphic finite subfields of $D$, is it true that $F=E$?
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Does hereditary and connected imply that the underlying ring $k$ of a $k$-algebra is a field?

All rings are assumed to be associative and have a 1. Let $k$ be a commutative artininan ring and $R$ a finitely generated $k$-algebra. Is it true that if $R$ is connected and hereditary, then $k$ is ...
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Non-linear Lie algebra

Several versions of non-linear Lie algebras exist - at least in the physics literature. One version is just an ordinary Lie algebra but where the underlying vector space is a polynomial algebra. ...
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Every homomorphism between (rational) Puiseux monoids is multiplication by a non-negative rational

Let a (rational) Puiseux monoid be a non-trivial submonoid of the non-negative rational numbers under (the usual operation of) addition. It is not difficult to show that, if $f \colon H \to K$ is a (...
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Matrices over a finite field: matrices for which some unipotent $U$ satisfies Trace$(ZU)=0$ for all $Z$ in the commutant

Let $p$ be an odd prime number, let $A\in M_p(\mathbb{F}_p)$ be a $p$-by-$p$ matrix with coefficients in $\mathbb{F}_p$, let $C(A)$ be the commutant of $A$, and let $N\in M_p(\mathbb{F}_p)$ be a ...
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Wedderburn theorem for finite-dimensional algebras over the complex numbers

I'm trying to understand how to apply the Wedderburn theorem in the context of unitary algebras over $\mathbb{C}$ that are finite-dimensional and semisimple. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a $\mathbb{C}$-...
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Tangent space of a GIT quotient of $GL_{N}$

Let $G:=\operatorname{GL}_{N}$ act on its Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}:=\mathfrak{gl}_{N}$ by conjugation. Then it acts naturally on the associated ring $\mathcal{O}(\mathfrak{g})$ of (algebraic or ...
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From group ring to ring ring?

For a group $G$, the set $\mathbb{Z}[G]$ of all formal $\mathbb{Z}$ linear combinations is a ring with unit. Now the set $\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{Z}[G]]$ gets the structure of a ring from the addition in $\...
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Chirality of octonion algebras

Octonion multiplication can be defined with respect to a set of triads. A set of such triads can be represented by a directed Fano plane diagram such as the following two diagrams. This depicts two ...
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A complete lattice of functions

Let $D$ be a set, $\mathbb{N_0}$ the set of natural numbers including zero. Let $P$ be the set of all functions from $D$ to $\mathbb{N_0}$, i.e. $P = \lbrace m \mid m: D \rightarrow \mathbb{N_0} \...
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Fundamental theorem of algebra for sedenions

The Eilenberg–Niven theorem generalizes the fundamental theorem of algebra for quaternionic polynomials,¹ and this theorem was further generalized to also encompass octonionic polynomials.² Does ...
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Zeroes of elementary polynomials without involving closed-form solutions

Consider the following two polynomials, where $n$ is an integer: $$ p_n(x) = x^3-\frac1nx-\frac2n, \\ q_n(x) = x^2-\frac2n. $$ For any $n$, let $x_p=x_p(n)$ and $x_q=x_q(n)$ be the unique positive ...
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Is every group the automorphism group of a ring?

I know not all groups can be realized as the automorphism group of a group. For example, it is well-known that no group can have $\mathbb Z/n\mathbb Z$, with $n > 1$ odd, as automorphism group. Now ...

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