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May 28, 2020 at 5:02 comment added Per Alexandersson I was told that this looks a lot like the Yang-Baxter relation. This seem to fit the broader picture I am looking at.
Apr 10, 2020 at 6:51 comment added Per Alexandersson @MarkSapir: No, that is not my question - I consider this as part of the relations which hold. For example, whenever you see the relation $aba=bab$, you might think 'Braid relation!'. I wonder if the determinant relation above gives a similar reaction.
Apr 9, 2020 at 22:39 comment added Libli @PerAlexandersson : I have the feeling it would be easier if you would explain the concrete example you are working with in more details.
Apr 9, 2020 at 21:59 history edited Zach Teitler CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 9, 2020 at 21:41 comment added YCor But your determinant has plenty of non-equivalent ways to be read, unless you specify precisely rules. Formally: you want to choose a lift from the determinant formula from the polynomial algebra in $n^2$ variables to the non-commutative one. Probably you implicitly have such a lift in your mind.
Apr 9, 2020 at 21:34 comment added Per Alexandersson @MarkWildon I realized that the question was poorly worded, and I hope it is now clarified. Basically, I have a relation given by a 'determinant' where multiplication is non-commutative, and wonder if this type of non-commutative relation has any meaning.
Apr 9, 2020 at 21:33 history edited Per Alexandersson CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 9, 2020 at 13:42 comment added Mark Wildon I don't understand the question at all. The free non-commutative algebra on $\{a,b,c,x,y,z\}$ has as a basis all ordered monomials in the letters. So $bz$ is linearly independent of $cz, ay, az, bx, cy$, ruling out the relation you claim holds. What algebra are we working in? Is your question really: `if this relation holds, what can deduce about related determinants?'
Apr 9, 2020 at 12:52 comment added Per Alexandersson The formula stated below the determinant. That is, "Sarrus' rule". I am mainly interested in the 3x3 case (as that's what I encountered).
Apr 9, 2020 at 12:05 comment added abx What is your definition of the determinant in a non-commutative algebra?
Apr 9, 2020 at 11:46 history edited Per Alexandersson CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 9, 2020 at 11:21 history asked Per Alexandersson CC BY-SA 4.0