An algebra dense in its tidle algebra

We construct a closed setE in the circle such thatA(E) is dense, in but not equal to, its tilde algebra.     

DG Poisson algebra and its universal enveloping algebra

We introduce the notions of differential graded (DG) Poisson algebra and DG Poisson module. Let A be any DG Poisson algebra. We construct the universal enveloping algebra of A explicitly, which is denoted by A^ue. We show that A^ue has a natural DG algebra structure and it satisfies certain universal property. As a consequence of the universal property, it is proved that the category of DG Poisson modules over A is isomorphic to the category of DG modules over A^ue. Furthermore, we prove that the notion of universal enveloping algebra A^ue is well-behaved under opposite algebra and tensor product of DG Poisson algebras. Practical examples of DG Poisson algebras are given throughout the paper including those arising from differential geometry and homological algebra.     

The planar algebra associated to a Kac algebra

We obtain (two equivalent) presentations — in terms of generators and relations — of the planar algebra associated with the subfactor corresponding to (an outer action on a factor by) a finite-dimensional Kac algebra. One of the relations shows that the antipode of the Kac algebra agrees with the ‘rotation on 2-boxes’.     

Plethystic algebra

The notion of a Z-algebra has a non-linear analogue, whose purpose it is to control operations on commutative rings rather than linear operations on abelian groups. These plethories can also be considered non-linear generalizations of cocommutative bialgebras. We establish a number of category-theoretic facts about plethories and their actions, including a Tannaka-Krein-style reconstruction theorem. We show that the classical ring of Witt vectors, with all its concomitant structure, can be understood in a formula-free way in terms of a plethystic version of an affine blow-up applied to the plethory generated by the Frobenius map. We also discuss the linear and infinitesimal structure of plethories and explain how this gives Bloch's Frobenius operator on the de Rham-Witt complex.     

Supertropical algebra

We develop the algebraic polynomial theory for “supertropical algebra,” as initiated earlier over the real numbers by the first author. The main innovation there was the introduction of “ghost elements,” which also play the key role in our structure theory. Here, we work somewhat more generally over an ordered monoid, and develop a theory which contains the analogs of several basic theorems of classical commutative algebra. This structure enables one to develop a Zariski-type algebraic geometric approach to tropical geometry, viewing tropical varieties as sets of roots of (supertropical) polynomials, leading to an analog of the Hilbert Nullstellensatz.Particular attention is paid to factorization of polynomials. In one indeterminate, any polynomial can be factored into linear and quadratic factors, and although unique factorization may fail, there is a “preferred” factorization that is explained both geometrically and algebraically. The failure of unique factorization in several indeterminates is explained by geometric phenomena described in the paper.     

Left-symmetric algebra structures on the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra

The compatible left-symmetric algebra structures on the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra with some natural grading conditions are completely determined. The results of the earlier work on left-symmetric algebra structures on the Virasoro algebra play an essential role in determining these compatible structures. As a corollary, any such left-symmetric algebra contains an infinite-dimensional nontrivial subalgebra that is also a submodule of the regular module.     

A semi-finite algebra associated to a subfactor planar algebra

We canonically associate to any planar algebra two type II_∞ factors M_±. The subfactors constructed previously by the authors in Guionnet et al. (2010) [6] are isomorphic to compressions of M_± to finite projections. We show that each M_± is isomorphic to an amalgamated free product of type I von Neumann algebras with amalgamation over a fixed discrete type I von Neumann subalgebra. In the finite-depth case, existing results in the literature imply that M₊≅M₋ is the amplification a free group factor on a finite number of generators. As an application, we show that the factors Mj constructed in Guionnet et al. (in press) [6] are isomorphic to interpolated free group factors L(F(rj)), rj=1+2δ−2j(δ−1)I, where δ² is the index of the planar algebra and I is its global index. Other applications include computations of laws of Jones-Wenzl projections.     

Universal algebra of a Hom-Lie algebra and group-like elements

We construct the universal enveloping algebra of a Hom-Lie algebra and endow it with a Hom-Hopf algebra structure. We discuss group-like elements that we see as a Hom-group integrating the initial Hom-Lie algebra.     

Indecomposables in the composition algebra of the kronecker algebra

Let; K be the Kronecker algebra; M a K-indecomposable; C(K) the composition algebra of K. By using the triangular decomposition of C(K) we prove that [M] ? C(K) if and only if M is either a preprojective or a preinjective.