On Flat Semimodules over Semirings

The following analog of the characterization of flat modules has been obtained for the variety of semimodules over a semiring R: A semimodule _RA is flat (i.e., the tensor product functor – A preserves all finite limits) iff A is L-flat (i.e., A is a filtered colimit of finitely generated free semimodules). We also give new (homological) characterizations of Boolean algebras and complete Boolean algebras within the classes of distributive lattices and Boolean algebras, respectively, which solve two problems left open in [14]. It is also shown that, in contrast with the case of modules over rings, in general for semimodules over semirings the notions of flatness and mono-.atness (i.e., the tensor product functor – A preserves monomorphisms) are different.     

Infinitesimally PI radical algebras

The Golod-Shafarevich examples show that not every finitely generated nil algebraA is nilpotent. On the other hand, Kaplansky proved that every finitely generated nil PI-algebra is indeed nilpotent. We generalise Kaplansky’s result to include those algebras that are only infinitesimally PI. An associative algebraA is infinitesimally PI whenever the Lie subalgebra generated by the first homogeneous component of its graded algebra gr(A)=⊕ _t⩾1 A ⁱ /A ⁱ⁺¹ is a PI-algebra. We apply our results to a problem of Kaplansky’s concerning modular group algebras with radical augmentation ideal. The author is supported by NSERC of Canada.     

The Hilbert series of prime PI rings

We study the Hilbert series of finitely generated prime PI algebras. We show that given such an algebraA there exists some finite dimensional subspaceV ofA which contains 1 _A and generatesA as an algebra such that the Hilbert series ofA with respect to the vector spaceV is a rational function.     

Applications of BGP-reflection functors: isomorphisms of cluster algebras

Given a symmetrizable generalized Cartan matrix A, for any index k, one can define an automorphism associated with A, of the field Q(u1,…, un) of rational functions of n independent indeterminates u1,…,un.It is an isomorphism between two cluster algebras associated to the matrix A (see sec. 4 for the precise meaning). When A is of finite type, these isomorphisms behave nicely; they are compatible with the BGP-reflection functors of cluster categories defined in a previous work if we identify the indecomposable objects in the categories with cluster variables of the corresponding cluster algebras, and they are also compatible with the "truncated simple reflections" defined by Fomin-Zelevinsky. Using the construction of preprojective or preinjective modules of hereditary algebras by DIab-Ringel and the Coxeter automorphisms (i.e. a product of these isomorphisms), we construct infinitely many cluster variables for cluster algebras of infinite type and all cluster variables for finite types.     

Hochschild Cohomology of Quiver Algebras Defined by Two Cycles and a Quantum-Like Relation

We consider quiver algebras A _q over a field k defined by two cycles and a quantum-like relation depending on a nonzero element q in k, and describe the minimal projective bimodule resolution of A _q . In particular, in the case q = 1, we determine the Hochschild cohomology ring of A ₁ and show that it is a finitely generated k-algebra. Moreover the Hochschild cohomology ring of A ₁ modulo nilpotence is isomorphic to the polynomial ring of two variables.     

AlgebraicK-theory of von Neumann algebras

To every von Neumann algebra, one can associate a (multiplicative) determinant defined on the invertible elements of the algebra with range a subgroup of the Abelian group of the invertible elements of the center of the von Neumann algebra. This determinant is a normalization of the usual determinant for finite von Neumann algebras of type I, for the type II₁-case it is the Fuglede-Kadison determinant, and for properly infinite von Neumann algebras the determinant is constant equal to 1. It is proved that every invertible element of determinant 1 is a product of a finite number of commutators. This extends a result of T. Fack and P. de la Harpe for II₁-factors. As a corollary, it follows that the determinant induces an injection from the algebraicK ₁-group of the von Neumann algebra into the Abelian group of the invertible elements of the center. Its image is described. Another group,K ₁ ^w (A), which is generated by elements in matrix algebras overA that induce injective right multiplication maps, is also computed. We use the Fuglede-Kadison determinant to detect elements in the Whitehead group Wh(G).Partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-9103327.     

Hochschild Cohomology of Quiver Algebras Defined by Two Cycles and a Quantum-Like Relation II

We consider quiver algebras A _q over a field k defined by two cycles and a quantum-like relation depending on a nonzero element q in k. We determine the Hochschild cohomology ring of A _q and give necessary and sufficient conditions for A _q to have the finitely generated Hochschild cohomology ring.     

On Spechtian varieties of right alternative algebras

A sufficient condition is proved for the Specht property of varieties of right alternative metabelian algebras over a field of characteristic distinct from 2. As a consequence, the Specht property of some varieties generated by right alternative metabelian algebras A satisfying a commutator identity is stated. In particular, it is proved that if A ⁽⁻⁾ is a binary Lie algebra, then var(A) is Spechtian. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 89–100, 2006.     

Compact Exceptional Simple Kantor Triple Systems Defined on Tensor Products of Composition Algebras∗

In this article we give the classification of compact exceptional simple Kantor triple systems defined on tensor products of composition algebras A =  ₁?  ₂ such that their Kantor algebras ?(φ, A) are real forms of exceptional simple Lie algebras.     

Narrow Positively Graded Lie Algebras

The present paper is devoted to the classification of infinite-dimensional naturally graded Lie algebras that are narrow in the sense of Zelmanov and Shalev [9]. Such Lie algebras are Lie algebras of slow linear growth. In the theory of nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations the notion of the characteristic Lie algebra of equation is introduced [3]. Two graded Lie algebras n₁ and n₂ from our list, that are positive parts of the affine Kac–Moody algebras A₁⁽¹⁾ and A₂⁽²⁾, respectively, are isomophic to the characteristic Lie algebras of the sinh-Gordon and Tzitzeika equations [6]. We also note that questions relating to narrow and slowly growing Lie algebras have been extensively studied in the case of a field of positive characteristic [2].

     

Realising Smashing Localisations as Morphisms of DG Algebras

For a smashing localisation L of the derived category of a differential graded (dg) algebra A we construct a dg algebra A _L and a morphism of dg algebras A→A _L that induces the canonical map in cohomology. As a first application we obtain a localisations of a dg algebra A with graded commutative homology at a prime ideal in the homology H ^* A, namely a morphism of dg algebras. As a second application we can use results of Keller to “model” every smashing localisation of compactly generated algebraic triangulated categories by a morphism of dg algebras.      

Gelfand-Kirillov dimension under base field extension

LetF ⊂K be a field extension,A be aK-algebra. It is proved that, in general, GK dim _F A≥GK dim _K A+tr _F (K). For commutative algebras or Noetherian P.I. algebras, the equality holds. Two examples are also constructed to show that: (i) there exists an algebraA such that GK dim _F A=GK dim _K A+tr _F (K)+1; (ii) there exists an algebraic extensionF ⊂K and aK-algebraA such that GK dim _F A=∞, but GK dim _K A<∞.     

Varieties of almost polynomial growth: classifying their subvarieties

Let G be the infinite dimensional Grassmann algebra over a field F of characteristic zero and UT ₂ the algebra of 2 × 2 upper triangular matrices over F. The relevance of these algebras in PI-theory relies on the fact that they generate the only two varieties of almost polynomial growth, i.e., they grow exponentially but any proper subvariety grows polynomially. In this paper we completely classify, up to PI-equivalence, the associative algebras A such that A ∈ Var(G) or A ∈ Var(UT ₂).     

Piecewise-Koszul algebras

It is a small step toward the Koszul-type algebras.The piecewise-Koszul algebras are, in general,a new class of quadratic algebras but not the classical Koszul ones,simultaneously they agree with both the classical Koszul and higher Koszul algebras in special cases.We give a criteria theorem for a graded algebra A to be piecewise-Koszul in terms of its Yoneda-Ext algebra E(A),and show an A_∞-structure on E(A).Relations between Koszul algebras and piecewise-Koszul algebras are discussed.In particular,our results are related to the third question of Green-Marcos.     

The K-Theory of C *-Algebras with Finite Dimensional Irreducible Representations

We study the K-theory of unital C^*-algebras A satisfying the condition that all irreducible representations are finite and of some bounded dimension. We construct computational tools, but show that K-theory is far from being able to distinguish between various interesting examples. For example, when the algebra A is n-homogeneous, i.e., all irreducible representations are exactly of dimension n, then K_*(A) is the topological K-theory of a related compact Hausdorff space, this generalises the classical Gelfand-Naimark theorem, but there are many inequivalent homogeneous algebras with the same related topological space. For general A we give a spectral sequence computing K_*(A) from a sequence of topological K-theories of related spaces. For A generated by two idempotents, this becomes a 6-term long exact sequence.     

On Codimension Growth of Finitely Generated Associative Algebras

LetAbe a PI-algebra over a fieldF. We study the asymptotic behavior of the sequence of codimensionsc_n(A) ofA. We show that ifAis finitely generated overFthenInv(A)=lim_n→∞ always exists and is an integer. We also obtain the following characterization of simple algebras:Ais finite dimensional central simple overFif and only ifInv(A)=dim=A.     

Derived-tame Tree Algebras

In this note we classify the derived-tame tree algebras up to derived equivalence. A tree algebra is a basic algebra A = kQ/I whose quiver Q is a tree. The algebra A is said to be derived-tame when the repetitive category  of A is tame. We show that the tree algebra A is derived-tame precisely when its Euler form _A is non-negative. Moreover, in this case, the derived equivalence class of A is determined by the following discrete invariants: The number of vertices, the corank and the Dynkin type of _A . Representatives of these derived equivalence classes of algebras are given by the following algebras: the hereditary algebras of finite or tame type, the tubular algebras and a certain class of poset algebras, the so-called semichain-algebras which we introduce below.     

Self-dual and quasi self-dual algebras

Self-dual algebras are ones with an A bimodule isomorphism A → A ^∨op, where A ^∨ = Hom _k (A, k) and A ^∨op is the same underlying k-module as A ^∨ but with left and right operations by A interchanged. These are in particular quasi self-dual algebras, i.e., ones with an isomorphism H*(A,A) ≌ H*(A,A ^{∨ op}). For all such algebras H*(A,A) is a contravariant functor of A. Finite-dimensional associative self-dual algebras over a field are identical with symmetric Frobenius algebras; an example of deformation of one is given. (The monoidal category of commutative Frobenius algebras is known to be equivalent to that of 1+1 dimensional topological quantum field theories.) All finite poset algebras are quasi self-dual.     

Varietà a congruenze ideali

Riassunto SiaX una classe di strutture algebriche simili,AA _i)_i∈I una famiglia di algebre diX eL _i il reticolo delle congruenze diA _i. In modo naturale ad ogni ideale di resta associata una congruenza di . Il concetto di ?congruenza ideale? cioè di congruenza diA legata a un ideale diL estende il concetto di ?congruenza filtrale? di congruenza cioè legata a un filtro suI. Ciò conduce a introdurre un concetto di ?classe ideale? di algebre che estende quello di ?classe filtrale? di [3]. Vengono estesi alle classi ideali i risultati di [3].

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Summary LetX be a class of similar algebras, (A _i)_i∈I a family of algebras inX and letL _i be the lattice of the congruences ofA _i. In a natural way we can link each ideal ofL=IIL _i with a congruence ofA=IIA _i. So we are brought to consider ?ideal classes? of algebras wich are an extension of ?filtral classes? [3]. The results of [3] are extended to ?ideal classes?.

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Lavoro eseguito nell'ambito dell'attività del Comitato Nazionale per la Matematica del C.N.R., contratto 115218205174, anno 1970.