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Proof a Weyl Algebra isn't isomorphic to a matrix ring over a division ring
Can anyone prove that a Weyl Algebra is not isomorphic to a matrix ring over a division ring?
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How big can a commutative subalgebra of Weyl algebra be?
Consider the smallest Weyl algebra $A_1=\{q,p; qp-pq=1\}$. It is known that there exist pairs of commuting elements, say $L$ and $M$, that obey various polynomial relations, e.g. elliptic curves. I ...
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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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Weyl algebra as an Azumaya algebra over its centre
Assume that $k$ is an algebraically closed field of positive characteristic $p$. On page 3 (page 6 of the PDF file) of Bezrukavnikov, Mirković, and Rumynin - Localisation of Modules for a semisimple ...
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A non-commutative analog of: two polynomials are algebraically dependent iff their Jacobian is zero
Let $f,g \in \mathbb{C}[x,y]$.
There is a well-known result, that can be found for example
here, pages 19-20, that says the following:
$f,g$ are algebraically dependent over $\mathbb{C}$ if and ...
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Gelfand-Kirillov dimension of generalized Weyl algebras
I believe that the Gelfand-Kirillov (GK) dimension for a generalized Weyl algebra $D(\sigma,a)$ is just the GKdim$(D) + 1$.
Does anyone have a reference for this?
I can find partial results, and I ...
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A non-commutative analog of a result concerning a Jacobian pair
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and let $E=E(x,y) \in k[x,y]$.
Define $t_x(E)$ to be the maximum among $0$ and the $x$-degree of $E(x,0)$.
Similarly, define $t_y(E)$ to be the maximum among $...
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Locally nilpotent operators of the Weyl algebra
$\newcommand{\ad}{\operatorname{ad}}$As my recent post (here) did not receive any answers yet, I thought I would ask a similar question in which I'm also interested.
Let $A=$ $^{k \langle x,y\rangle }...
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Indecomposable injectives over Weyl algebras
Let $A=A_n(\mathbb{C})$ be the $n$-th Weyl algebra over the complex field. Then $A$ is a left Noetherian noncommutative ring. Is there a complete classification of indecomposable injective $A$-modules?...
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Is $x \in A_1$ left algebraic over the subalgebra generated by $p$ and $q$, $[q,p]=1$?
Let $A_1:=A_1(x,y,k)$ be the first Weyl algebra over a field $k$ of characteristic zero,
namely, the $k$-algebra generated by $x$ and $y$ with relation $yx-xy=1$.
Let $f:(x,y) \mapsto (p,q)$ be a $k$-...
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Nilpotent operator of the Weyl algebra
For a research project I'm currently working on, I came across the following problem:
Let $A=$ $^{k <x,y> }\Big/_{(yx-xy-1)}$ be the Weyl Algebra over a field $k$ of characteristic $p$, where $...
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Gelfand-Kirillov dimension of the first Weyl algebra
How can we compute the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension (GK for short) of the first Weyl algebra?
As we know we can look at the Weyl algebra as a generalized Weyl algebra in the following way:
Let $A=\...
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The group of automorphisms and anti-automorphisms of the first Weyl algebra
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero, and let $A_1=A_1(k)$ be the first Weyl algebra.
It is well known (first proved by Dixmier, if I am not wrong) that the group of automorphisms of $A_1$, ...
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Weyl algebras $A_n(k)$ as tensor product of the first Weyl algebra
In afew threads I've read that the Weyl algebra $A_{n+1}(k)$ is isomorphic to the $k$-tensor product of $A_n(k)$ with $A_1(k)$, why is this true?
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Concerning $(x,y) \mapsto (x^{\frac{n}{r}+1}y + A,\mu x^{-\frac{n}{r}}+B)$
Let $r \in \mathbb{N}-\{0\}$.
Commutative case:
Let $f : (x,y) \mapsto (p,q)$ be a map from $\mathbb{C}[x,y]$ to $\mathbb{C}[x^{1/r},x^{-1/r},y]$ satisfying the following two conditions:
(i) $\...
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A variation on Dixmier's counterexample concerning centralizers in $A_1$
This question asks the following: "Suppose $k$ is a field of characteristic zero and $P$ and $Q$ are commuting elements of the first Weyl algebra. Is it true that $P$ and $Q$ are polynomials in some ...
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Invertibility under base change for the Weyl algebra instead of for the polynomial algebra
From Lemma 1.1.8, we obtain the following:
Assume that $R \subseteq S$ are commutative rings
and
$u: R[x,y] \to R[x,y]$ is an $R$-algebra endomorphism
that has an invertible Jacobian, namely,
$Jac(u(x)...
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What are the fixed points of $\alpha^n-\mu_j$ for a fixed $j$?
Let us consider the polynomial ring $\Bbb C[x_1,...,x_s]$ and $\alpha(x_i)= x_i + \mu_i$ where $\mu_i \in \Bbb C$ are not all zero. Then $\alpha \in \mathrm{Aut}(\Bbb C[x_1,...,x_s])$.
What are ...
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