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What properties "should" spectrum of noncommutative ring have?
There are already a lot of discussion about the motivation for prime spectrum of commutative ring. In my perspective(highly non original), there are following reasons for the importance of prime ...
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What is the precise relationship between groupoid language and noncommutative algebra language?
I have sitting in front of me two 2-categories. On the left, I have the 2-category GPOID, whose:
objects are groupoids;
1-morphisms are (left-principal?) bibundles;
2-morphisms are bibundle ...
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Why is "naive" definition of non-commutative spectrum bad?
It is well-known that the category of affine schemes is equivalent to the opposit category of commutative unital rings. So naively, one would think that the same should hold in non-commutative setting....
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Examples of noncommutative analogs outside operator algebras?
Theo's question made me wonder if there are other "noncommutative analogs" outside of operator algebras. Some noncommutative analogs from operator algebras include:
A $C^\ast$-algebra is a ...
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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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Existence of non-commutative desingularizations
Let $R$ be normal, local ring of dimension at least $2$. Let $M$ be a reflexive $R$-module and let $A=Hom_R(M,M)$. Suppose $A$ has finite global dimension. Then one can view $A$ as a weak non-...
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NCG with all noncommutativity in a nilpotent ideal
While in general non-commutative geometry behaves rather differently from commutative geometry when it comes to local-to-global properties (descent), there are versions of "mild" noncommutative ...
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Global dimensions of non-commutative rings
This is related to my previous question: When is a quantum affine space $\mathbb{A}^{n}$ Calabi-Yau? I now would like to know the global dimension of the ring $R=\mathbb{C}\langle x_1,\dots,x_n\rangle/...
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Point modules of quantum projective space $\mathbb{P}^n$
Let $A$ be a quantum $\mathbb{P}^n$ defined by
$$
A=\mathbb{C}\langle x_1,x_2,\dots,x_{n+1}\rangle/(x_ix_j-r_{ij}x_jx_i)_{1\le i < j\le n+1}.
$$
I would like to know the set $X$ of isomorphism ...
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Formal smoothness of path algebras and connections
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero and $A = kQ$ the path algebra associated with a quiver $Q$. The algebra $A$ is said to be formally smooth over $k$ if
$$
\Omega^1_kA = \operatorname{Ker}(\...
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Maximal localizations of von Neumann algebras
Suppose M is a von Neumann algebra.
Denote by L its maximal noncommutative localization,
i.e., the Ore localization with respect to the set of all left and right regular elements,
i.e., elements whose ...
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Vanishing of Hochschild homology of a category
Let $A$ be a dg- or $A_{\infty}$-category (with $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Hom sets, over a field of characteristic $0$). Let $HH_*(A)$ be the Hochschild homology of $A$.
Suppose that $HH_n(A)=0$ for all $n ...
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Quantum Grassmannians?
In noncommutative algebraic geometry a commonly studied family of objects are quantum projective spaces. Theses are certain deformations of the homogeneous coordinate ring of $\mathbb{CP}^n$. For ...
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Is there a notion of point in noncommutative geometry?
It is not clear to me whether there is a general notion of point in NCG. I have heard (more through physics) that the notion of a point becomes meaningless or ill-defined in noncommutative spaces, but ...
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Strange formula for the dimension of a certain space of noncommutative polynomials
Consider a vector space $V_r(n)$ spanned by (noncommutative) monomials in variables $x_1,\ldots,x_r$
$$
x_{1}^{n_1}x_{2}^{n_2}\ldots x_{r}^{n_r}
$$
of total degree $n.$ Inside this space consider a ...
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Survey of recent developments of the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension
It is almost two decades since the now classical books by McConnell and Robinson's
[ Noncommutative Noetherian rings. With the cooperation of L. W. Small. Revised edition. Graduate Studies in ...
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Noncommutative HKR theorem
What is the analog of HKR theorem in the noncommutative world?
Recall that the well-known theorem by Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg says that for a smooth commutative algebra $A$ of finite type over a ...
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What are the topics in noncommutative algebraic geometry?
Preface: I know very little about noncommutative algebra and noncommutative geometry, so please feel free to make improvement suggestions for my question. Also, to my knowledge there are several ...
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What quantum groups admit quantum topography space structure?
Quantum topography space is a pair $(A,M)$ consisting of a $C^*$-algebra $A$ and an abelian sub algebra $M\subset A$ with approximate identity. The intuition is to take $M$ be the smallest abelian ...
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Is this ring isomorphic to a quotient of a group algebra?
Consider the quotient of the free algebra $\mathbb{Q}\langle \alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta, \varepsilon, \zeta \rangle$ by the two-sided ideal $I$ subject to the relations $$ \alpha\delta=\delta\alpha=...
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Elementary linear algebra over a (possibly skew) field $K$
I have a number of questions which seem linked to me, about basic (?) linear algebra:
Given a field (possibly skew) $K$, and an superfield $L$, one can do linear matrix algebra with coefficients in $...
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Moduli space of modules over non-commutative rings
Let $X=Proj(A)$ be a projective scheme, one can the moduli space of coherent sheaves on $X$ with fixed Hilbert polynomial and stability. Since coherent sheaves on $X$ are all obtained as the ...
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Quasi-coherent cohomology in non-commutative algebraic geometry
In non-commutative algebraic geometry, the motto so to speak is to replace the study of a scheme $X$ with the study of the category $D_{qcoh}(X)$ of quasi-coherent sheaves and study the properties ...
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Representation functor on modules
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ a unital associative $k$-algebra.
The representation functor associates, to each object in non-commutative geometry, a genuine geometric object on the representation variety ...
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Arithmetic derivatives and non-commutative generalizations
In the theory of arithmetic derivatives, in the simplest case an arithmetic derivative on $\mathbb{N}$ is defined via the rule $(a \times b)'= a \times b' + a' \times b$, mirroring the product rule ...
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Confusion around a (necklace) cobracket in Ginzburg's article Calabi-Yau Algebras
Something has been puzzling me for quite a while in Ginzburg's article Calabi-Yau Algebras.
At some point he considers the free graded algebra $\mathbb{C}\langle x_1, \dots, x_n, \theta_1, \dots \...
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Constructing a noncommutative algebra from a commutative algebra
I was told at a conference that one way to construct a noncommutative algebra from a commutative one is to "replace the product of finite spaces (which on the level of continuous functions corresponds ...
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Do almost commutative flat degenerations induce equality in K-theory? (Or: Is the characteristic variety actually a support of a class in $K$-theory?)
I intentionally phrased the title to match a different question which is almost identical to the one i'm asking. However similar, the answer there, which uses commutative algebraic geometry, is not ...
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number of indecomposable summands of an extension of two modules
I have the following question : in a Krull-Schmidt category (say the category of finite length left modules over a ring, this is the case which interests me), is it possible to relate the number of ...
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The Jordan Plane and Enveloping Algebras
Let $k$ denote a field of characteristic $0$ (assume algebraically closed for convenience). Define $J=k\langle x,y|[x,y]=y^{2}\rangle$. This noncommutative algebra (which can be viewed as a derivation ...
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Example of computation of moduli space of $n$-pointe modules?
I am looking for an example of computation of the isomorphism classes of $n$-point modules over a non-commutative generated graded algebra (assuming all good properties such as Noetherian property). ...
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Hopf "algebroid" structure of a groupoid convolution algebra?
This question is already posted in math.stackexchange, but didn't receive any answer. I'm not sure if this question fits in here, but surely someone in here can guide me to the correct answer.
To make ...
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A Question on Koszul duality and $B(\infty)$ structures on $HH^*$
The following theorem is known from a paper "Duality in Gerstenhaber Algebras" by Felix, Menichi, Thomas. Given a simply connected space X of finite type.
There is an equivalence of Gerstenhaber ...
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Convolution algebra of a simplicial set
Consider a simplicial set $X^\bullet$ with face maps $d_i$ (assume the set is finite in each degree so there are no measure issues). Then given two functions $f,g:X^1\to \mathbb{C}$ one can form their ...
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Nullstellensatz for maximal left ideals of quantum plane
Let $R=\mathbb{C}\langle x,y\rangle/\langle xy=qyx\rangle$ be the quantum plane algebra. Does some sort of Nullstellensatz holds for the maximal left ideals of $R$? By this we mean all maximal left ...
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What is a "double star-product"
Michel Van den Bergh introduced the notion of a double Poisson algebra. The definition is cooked up such that the representation varieties of such an algebra are Poisson varieties.
Is there a notion ...
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Finite Homological Dimension of R/P for all P for module finite non-commutative rings
I have a reasonably precise question which I hope is clear enough to get a nice answer. Let R be a Noetherian non-commutative ring which is finite as a module (and flat/free if it helps) over it's ...
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Center of universal enveloping algebra of nilpotent lie algebra
Let g be a finite dimensional nilpotent lie algebra over a field k of characteristic zero. Let U(g) be the universal enveloping algebra and Z(g) be its center. Denote by Z_1(g) the augmentation ideal ...
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Do representations of the universal enveloping algebra $\mathrm{U}\mathfrak{su}_2$ retain the Hopf algebra structure?
A Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ generates its universal enveloping algebra $\mathrm{U}\mathfrak{g}$, which has the structure of a Hopf algebra. Modules of $\mathrm{U}\mathfrak{g}$ are exactly the of ...
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Balanced dualizing complex vs rigid dualizing complex?
In noncommutative projective geometry, there is a counterpart of dualizing complex in commutative world. It seems to me that they are called either a balanced dualizing complex or rigid dualizing ...
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Is the square diagram of index and exponential maps in $K$-theory of $C^*$-algebras anti-commutative?
Assume we have a $3\times 3$ grid with rows and columns being short exact sequences of $C^*$-algebras.
This gives a grid of 6-term exact sequences: 3 "horizontal" sequences and 3 "vertical" sequences,...
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Global dimension of quantum $\mathbb{P}^{n}$
Let $k$ be a field. Given a (not necessarily commutative) $k$ graded ring $A$, M. Artin and J.J. Zhang introduced a notion of "noncommutative projective scheme" $Proj(A)$ in this paper. It is defined ...
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AS Cohen Macaulay algebras and dualizing complexes
Let $A$ be an $\mathbb N$-graded algebra such that $A_0 = k$ is a field. This are usually called graded connected algebras.
One can define a torsion functor with respect to the ideal $\mathfrak m = \...
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Gluing data for modules over a ring with idempotents
Let $A$ be a ring. If $e$ is an idempotent, then there is an abelian recollement involving the categories $A\text{-}\mathrm{Mod}$ and $eAe\text{-}\mathrm{Mod}$. This is Example 2.7 in Homological ...
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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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Computing noncommutative geometries
I find myself needing to construct some noncommutative geometries. I want to take various (algeba-) geometric objects and look at their noncommutative analogs. Is there a constructive way to do this? ...
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Model Theoretic Localization
This is a re-post on a previous question I asked. My first question was too vague to warrant detailed responses. Really, I have two specific questions to ask.
1) Let $\sigma = (A; \{0,1\}; +, \times)...
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Why $k[x,y]$ is not a formally smooth algebra?
We could talk about the formal smoothness of an algebra. See for example Ginzburg's lecture notes For an associative algebra $A$ over a field $k$ we define
$$
D(A)=T(A+\bar{A})/(\bar{ab}=a\bar{b}+\bar{...
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Hochschild cohomology of commutative quotients
Notation:
Let $k$ be a commutative local ring and let $HH^{i}(A,N)$ denote the $i^{th}$ Hochschild cohomology $k$-module of a $k$-algebra A with coefficients in an $(A,A)$-bi-module $N$.
If $x:=\{...
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On the definition of the Cherednik algebra of a variety with a finite group action
Let $X$ be a connected complex smooth affine variety, acted on by a finite group $G$. We define a reflection hypersurface $(Y,g)$ as a smooth codimension one subvariety $Y\subset X$ which is fixed by $...
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