Almost strict competitiveness in extensive games

We consider an extension of an almost strictly competitive game, introduced by Aumann (1961), inn-person extensive games by incorporating Selten's subgame perfection. We call it a subgame perfect weakly-almost (SPWA) strictly competitive game, in particular, an SPWA strictly competitive game in strategic form is simply called a WA strictly competitive game. We give some general results on the structure of this class of games. One result gives an easy way to verify almost strict competitiveness of a given extensive game. We show that a two-person weakly unilaterally competitive extensive game, introduced by Kats and Thisse (1992) for normal form games, is SPWA strictly competitive. We remark that some of our main results for SPWA strictly competitive games do not hold for the modification of almost strict competitiveness with trembling-hand perfection.The author is indebted to Mamoru Kaneko for valuable discussions, comments and criticism throughout the paper. He thanks N. Bose, M. Frascatore, R. Gilles, H. Haller, A. Kats, J. Kline and an anonymous referee for helpful comments on earlier drafts. The usual disclaimer applies.     

Affine Yangians and deformed double current algebras in type A

We study the structure of Yangians of affine type and deformed double current algebras, which are deformations of the enveloping algebras of matrix W1+∞-algebras. We prove that they admit a PBW-type basis, establish a connection (limit construction) between these two types of algebras and toroidal quantum algebras, and we give three equivalent definitions of deformed double current algebras. We construct a Schur-Weyl functor between these algebras and rational Cherednik algebras.     

Graded extended Lie-type algebras

The class of extended Lie-type algebras contains the ones of associative algebras, Lie algebras, Leibniz algebras, dual Leibniz algebras, pre-Lie algebras, and Lie-type algebras, etc. We focus on the class of extended Lie-type algebras graded by an Abelian group G and study its structure, by stating, under certain conditions, a second Wedderburn-type theorem for this class of algebras.     

Enveloping Algebras of Solvable Malcev Algebras of Dimension Five

We study the universal enveloping algebras of the one-parameter family of solvable 5-dimensional non-Lie Malcev algebras. We explicitly determine the universal nonassociative enveloping algebras (in the sense of Pérez-Izquierdo and Shestakov) and the centers of the universal enveloping algebras. We also determine the universal alternative enveloping algebras.     

c-Graded filiform Lie algebras

In this paper we generalize naturally graded filiform Lie algebras as well as filiform Lie algebras admitting a connected gradation of maximal length, by introducing the concept of c-graded complex filiform Lie algebras. We deal with the particular case of 3-graded filiform Lie algebras and we obtain their classification in arbitrary dimension. We finally show a link among derived algebras, graded filiform and rigid solvable Lie algebras.     

Commutator algebras arising from splicing operations

We prove that the variety of Lie algebras arising from splicing operation coincides with the variety CM of centreby-metabelian Lie algebras. Using these Lie algebras we find the minimal dimension algebras generated the variety CM and the variety of its associative envelope algebras. We study the splicing n-ary operation. We show that all n-ary (n > 2) commutator algebras arising from this operation are nilpotent of index 3. We investigate the generalization of the splicing n-ary operation, and we formulate a series of open problems.     

Topo-canonical completions of closure algebras and Heyting algebras

We introduce and investigate topo-canonical completions of closure algebras and Heyting algebras. We develop a duality theory that is an alternative to Esakia’s duality, describe duals of topo-canonical completions in terms of the Salbany and Banaschewski compactifications, and characterize topo-canonical varieties of closure algebras and Heyting algebras. Consequently, we show that ideal completions preserve no identities of Heyting algebras. We also characterize definable classes of topological spaces. Received January 20, 2006; accepted in final form September 12, 2006.     

One-relator quotients of free products of cyclic groups

Abstract

The question of existence of n-ary systems playing the role of enveloping algebras for Filippov (n-Lie) algebras is investigated. We consider the ternary algebras whose reduced binary algebras are associative, the associative algebras, and two other classes of ternary algebras as possible enveloping algebras.     

Koszul Algebras and Their Ideals

We study associative graded algebras that have a “complete flag” of cyclic modules with linear free resolutions, i.e., algebras over which there exist cyclic Koszul modules with any possible number of relations (from zero to the number of generators of the algebra). Commutative algebras with this property were studied in several papers by Conca and others. Here we present a noncommutative version of their construction.We introduce and study the notion of Koszul filtration in a noncommutative algebra and examine its connections with Koszul algebras and algebras with quadratic Grobner bases. We consider several examples, including monomial algebras, initially Koszul algebras, generic algebras, and algebras with one quadratic relation. It is shown that every algebra with a Koszul filtration has a rational Hilbert series.__________Translated from Funktsional’nyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 47–60, 2005Original Russian Text Copyright © by D. I. PiontkovskiiSupported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basis Research under project 02-01-00468.     

Classifying Several Classes of Leibniz Algebras

We extend results related to maximal subalgebras and ideals from Lie to Leibniz algebras. In particular, we classify minimal non-elementary Leibniz algebras and Leibniz algebras with a unique maximal ideal. In both cases, there are types of these algebras with no Lie algebra analogue. We also give a classification of E-Leibniz algebras which is very similiar to its Lie algebra counterpart. Note that a classification of elementary Leibniz algebras has been shown in Batten Ray et al. (2011).     

Semidirect products of weak multiplier Hopf algebras: Smash products and smash coproducts

In this paper, we will develop the smash product of weak multiplier Hopf algebras unifying the cases of Hopf algebras, weak Hopf algebras and multiplier Hopf algebras. We will show that the smash product R#A has a regular weak multiplier Hopf algebra structure if R and A are regular weak multiplier Hopf algebras. We shall investigate integrals on R#A. We also consider the result in the ?-situation and new examples. Dually, we consider the smash coproduct of weak multiplier Hopf algebras under an appropriate form and integrals on the smash coproduct and we obtain results in the ?-situation.     

Étude des ω-PI Algèbres Commutatives de Degré 4: I. Algèbres Non Barycentriques Non Invariantes par Gamétisation

We define and study the properties of baric algebras defined by ω-polynomial identities, called ω-PI algebras. We show that every finite dimensional baric algebra is ω-PI. Next we introduce the study of ω-PI algebras of degree 4 with one indeterminate. By gametization we reduce their study to four types. We study the first type corresponding to algebras that are neither barycentric nor invariant by gametization. We show that the variety of these algebras is partitioned into only two subvarieties admiting an unique ponderation, an idempotent, and verifying ω-monomial identities of degrees > 4.     

The Prime and Primitive Spectra of Multiparameter Quantum Symplectic and Euclidean Spaces

Abstract

We investigate a class of algebras that provides multiparameter versions of both quantum symplectic space and quantum Euclidean 2n-space. These algebras encompass the graded quantized Weyl algebras, the quantized Heisenberg space, and a class of algebras introduced by Oh. We describe the structure of the prime and primitive ideals of these algebras. Other structural results include normal separation and catenarity.     

Polynomial Poisson Algebras with Regular Structure of Symplectic Leaves

We study polynomial Poisson algebras with some regularity conditions. Linear (Lie–Berezin–Kirillov) structures on dual spaces of semisimple Lie algebras, quadratic Sklyanin elliptic algebras, and the polynomial algebras recently described by Bondal, Dubrovin, and Ugaglia belong to this class. We establish some simple determinant relations between the brackets and Casimir functions of these algebras. In particular, these relations imply that the sum of degrees of the Casimir functions coincides with the dimension of the algebra in the Sklyanin elliptic algebras. We present some interesting examples of these algebras and show that some of them arise naturally in the Hamiltonian integrable systems. A new class of two-body integrable systems admitting an elliptic dependence on both coordinates and momenta is among these examples.     

Algebras, hyperalgebras, nonassociative bialgebras and loops

Sabinin algebras are a broad generalization of Lie algebras that include Lie, Malcev and Bol algebras as very particular examples. We present a construction of a universal enveloping algebra for Sabinin algebras, and the corresponding Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt Theorem. A nonassociative counterpart of Hopf algebras is also introduced and a version of the Milnor-Moore Theorem is proved. Loop algebras and universal enveloping algebras of Sabinin algebras are natural examples of these nonassociative Hopf algebras. Identities of loops move to identities of nonassociative Hopf algebras by a linearizing process. In this way, nonassociative algebras and Hopf algebras interlace smoothly.     

Zur konstruktion von Lie-Algebren aus Jordan-Tripelsystemen

In this paper we study certain Lie algebras which are constructed from the (-1)-eigenspaees of an involution of a Jordan algebra. The construction is a generalisation of the Koecher-Tits-construction. We give necessary conditions in terms of the Jordan algebras for the Lie algebras being simple. If the (-1)-spaces are Peirce-1/2-components then we obtain a close relation between the Lie algebras under consideration and the structure algebras of Jordan algebras. We finally give a list of those types of simple Lie algebras which can be formed by this construction; among them are Lie algebras of type E₆ and E₇.Of fundamental importance for our considerations is a close connection between the constructed Lie algebras and the standard imbeddings of Lie triple systems.     

Novikov–Poisson Algebras

We classify Novikov–Poisson algebras whose Novikov algebras are simple with an idempotent element. Moreover, a class of simple Novikov algebras without idempotent elements is constructed through Novikov–Poisson algebras. Certain new simple Lie superalgebras induced by Novikov–Poisson algebras are introduced.