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construct scheme from quivers?
I heard from some guys working in noncommutative geometry talking about the idea that one can construct the noncommutative space from quivers. I feel it is rather interesting. However, I can not image ...
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Linear disjointness of subfields of a centrally finite division algbera
I am looking for papers or books which discuss this problem. Thank you for reading:
Let K and L be two subfields of a non-commutative division algebra D with the center Z. Suppose that K and L ...
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Homological dimension of a graded ring which is like polynomial ring
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic $0$. Consider the following $k$-algebra $R$, which is the quotient of a tensor algebra generated by elements $x_i$ in degree $1$ with the relation $x_ix_j=-x_jx_i$...
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Formal deformations of algebras over not necessarily commutative rings
In Iain Gordon's survery article "Symplectic reflection algebras" the concept of formal deformations of algebras over semisimple artinian (not necessarily commutative) rings is summarized (chapter 2). ...
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Ideals in Factors
One can easily prove that factors have no nontrivial ultraweakly closed 2-sided ideals as these are equivalent to nontrivial central projections. One can also show type $I_n$, type $II_1$, and type $...
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Depth Zero Ideals in the Homogenized Weyl Algebra
Let $\mathcal{D}$ be the $n$th Weyl algebra $ \mathcal{D} :=k[x_1,...,x_n,\partial_1,...,\partial_n] $, where $\partial_ix_i-x_i\partial_i=1$.
Let $\widetilde{\mathcal{D}}$ be its Rees algebra, ...
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Tensor products and two-sided faithful flatness
Let $f: R \to S$ be a morphism of Noetherian rings (or more generally $S$ can just be an $R-R$ bimodule with a bimodule morphism $R \to S$). Suppose $f$ is faithfully flat on both sides, so $M \to M \...
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Does the category Monoid of monoids have finite coproducts?
Does the category Monoid of monoids have finite coproducts?
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commutative monoids have binary products? [closed]
Does the category CMonoid of commutative monoids have binary products?
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Is there a name for this algebraic structure?
I found myself "naturally" dealing with an object of this form:
X is a complex vector space, with a "product" (a,b) → {aba} which is quadratic in the first variable, linear in the second, and ...
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How do you compute the space of lifts of an E-infinity map?
Let X, Y and B be $E_\infty$ spaces, and let $p: X \rightarrow Y$ and $f: B \rightarrow Y$ be $E_\infty$ maps. We can ask for the space of lifts of f across p, that is the space of $E_\infty$ maps $g:...
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Is the semigroup M(n, Z) finitely presented? If so, where can I find a presentation of it?
I am new to semigroup research, so I apologize if this is an easy question.
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Normality of an affine semigroup
An affine monoid is a finitely generated commutative submonoid of $\mathbb Z^k$ for some positive integer k. Let S be an affine monoid and let G(S) be the group generated by S. We say the monoid S is ...
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Computing the structure of the group completion of an abelian monoid, how hard can it be?
Cherry Kearton, Bayer-Fluckiger and others have results that say the monoid of isotopy classes of smooth oriented embeddings of $S^n$ in $S^{n+2}$ is not a free commutative monoid provided $n \geq 3$. ...
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Wants: Polynomial Time Algorithm for Decomposing a Multiset of Rationals into Two Additive Subsets.
First, allow me to say that this problem was posed to me by a professor in the department. It is related to his research in a way that I do not know. However, since I couldn't come up with anything ...
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Eigenvalues of an element in a Weyl algebra
I have an operator acting on the polynomial algebra $\mathbb{C}[x,y,z]$ that I would like to find the eigenvalues/eigenvectors of. More specifically, let $P(x_1, \ldots, x_6)$ be a homogeneous ...
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Is my definition of a context algebra new?
In my DPhil thesis, I defined what I called a context algebra as a model of meaning in natural language. The idea is to mathematically formalise the notion that meaning is determined by context. It ...
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Do torsion-free groups give projectionless group ($C^\ast$) algebras?
One of the reasons I study von Neumann algebras is that they always have plenty of projections. There are many projectionless $C^\ast$-algebras ($0$ and possibly $1$ are the only projections), but the ...
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Non-commutative versions of X/G
Let $X$ be a Riemannian manifold and let $G$ be a (at most countable, if that matters) discrete group acting properly and by isometries on $X$. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be the sheaf of analytic functions on ...
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An "Elementary" Math Question Generalized (Ring Theory Perhaps)
The following question is posed in the book "The USSR Olympiad Problem Book: Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics"
"Prove that if integers a_1, ..., a_n are all distinct, then the ...
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Classifying Algebra Extensions over a fixed extension?
There are lots of "Ext groups" in homological algebra which measure extensions of various things. I'm sure there must be a homological algebra machine for computing the following, and I'm hoping that ...
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Some equivalent statements about primitive algebras
I was reading a paper, and it said that the following were equivalent using the Axiom of Choice, but I tried working it out, and I wasn't sure how: an algebra $A$ is primitive; $A$ has a proper left ...
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Recovering a monoidal category from its category of monoids
What kind of additional properties and/or structures one needs to impose on the category
of (commutative or noncommutative) monoids of some monoidal category
so that one can recover the original ...