The bar complex of an E-infinity algebra

The standard reduced bar complex B(A) of a differential graded algebra A inherits a natural commutative algebra structure if A is a commutative algebra. We address an extension of this construction in the context of E-infinity algebras. We prove that the bar complex of any E-infinity algebra can be equipped with the structure of an E-infinity algebra so that the bar construction defines a functor from E-infinity algebras to E-infinity algebras. We prove the homotopy uniqueness of such natural E-infinity structures on the bar construction.We apply our construction to cochain complexes of topological spaces, which are instances of E-infinity algebras. We prove that the n-th iterated bar complexes of the cochain algebra of a space X is equivalent to the cochain complex of the n-fold iterated loop space of X, under reasonable connectedness, completeness and finiteness assumptions on X.     

Algèbres de Hopf colibres

We prove a structure theorem for the cofree Hopf algebras: such a Hopf algebra is the universal enveloping dipterous algebra of its primitive part. A dipterous algebra is an associative algebra equipped with a structure of left module over itself. This theorem is a consequence of an analogue, in the non-cocommutative framework, of the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem and of the Milnor–Moore theorem. To cite this article: J.-L. Loday, M. Ronco, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

A categorification of the Burau representation at prime roots of unity

We construct a p-DG structure on an algebra Koszul dual to a zigzag algebra used by Khovanov and Seidel to construct a categorical braid group action. We show there is a braid group action in this p-DG setting.     

Integrating Klein-Gordon-Fock equations in an external electromagnetic field on Lie groups

We investigate the structure of the Klein-Gordon-Fock equation symmetry algebra on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds with motions in the presence of an external electromagnetic field. We show that in the case of an invariant electromagnetic field tensor, this algebra is a one-dimensional central extension of the Lie algebra of the group of motions. Based on the coadjoint orbit method and harmonic analysis on Lie groups, we propose a method for integrating the Klein-Gordon-Fock equation in an external field on manifolds with simply transitive group actions. We consider a nontrivial example on the four-dimensional group E(2)×? in detail.     

Noncommutative Galois Extension and Graded <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-Differential Algebra

We show that a semi-commutative Galois extension of a unital associative algebra can be endowed with the structure of a graded q-differential algebra. We study the first and higher order noncommutative differential calculus of semi-commutative Galois extension induced by the graded q-differential algebra. As an example we consider the quaternions which can be viewed as the semi-commutative Galois extension of complex numbers.     

La construction bar d'une algèbre comme algèbre de Hopf E-infini

We prove that the bar construction of an E_∞ algebra forms an E_∞ algebra. To be more precise, we provide the bar construction of an algebra over the surjection operad with the structure of a Hopf algebra over the Barratt–Eccles operad. (The surjection operad and the Barratt–Eccles operad are classical E_∞ operads.) To cite this article: B. Fresse, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 337 (2003).     

Cyclotomic Solomon algebras

This paper introduces an analogue of the Solomon descent algebra for the complex reflection groups of type G(r,1,n). As with the Solomon descent algebra, our algebra has a basis given by sums of ‘distinguished’ coset representatives for certain ‘reflection subgroups.’ We explicitly describe the structure constants with respect to this basis and show that they are polynomials in r. This allows us to define a deformation, or q-analogue, of these algebras which depends on a parameter q. We determine the irreducible representations of all of these algebras and give a basis for their radicals. Finally, we show that the direct sum of cyclotomic Solomon algebras is canonically isomorphic to a concatenation Hopf algebra.     

Preunits and weak crossed products

Using the notion of a preunit and the properties of idempotent morphisms, we give a general notion of a crossed product of an algebra A and an object V both living in a monoidal category C. We endow A⊗V with a multiplication and an idempotent morphism, whose image inherits the multiplication. Sufficient conditions for these multiplications to be associative are given. If the product on A⊗V has a preunit, the related idempotent is given in terms of the preunit, and its image has an algebra structure. A characterization of crossed products with preunit is given, and it is used to recover classical examples of crossed products and to study crossed products in weak contexts. Finally crossed products of an algebra by a weak bialgebra are recovered using this theory.     

The cohomology structure of string algebras

We show that the graded commutative ring structure of the Hochschild cohomology HH^*(A) is trivial in case A is a triangular quadratic string algebra. Moreover, in case A is gentle, the Lie algebra structure on HH^*(A) is also trivial.     

Practicing algebra in late antiquity: The problem-solving of Diophantus of Alexandria

Medieval algebra is distinguished from other arithmetical problem-solving techniques by its structure and technical vocabulary. In an algebraic solution one or several unknowns are named, and via operations on the unknowns the problem is transferred to the artificial setting of an equation expressed in terms of the named powers, which is then simplified and solved. In this article we examine Diophantus? Arithmetica from this perspective. We find that indeed Diophantus? method matches medieval algebra in both vocabulary and structure. Just as we see in medieval Arabic and Italian algebra, Diophantus worked out the operations expressed in the enunciation of a problem prior to setting up a polynomial equation. Further, his polynomials were regarded as aggregations with no operations present.     

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 graded structure of Leavitt path algebras

A Leavitt path algebra associates to a directed graph a ?-graded algebra and in its simplest form it recovers the Leavitt algebra L(1, k). In this note, we first study this ?-grading and characterize the (?-graded) structure of Leavitt path algebras, associated to finite acyclic graphs, C _n -comet, multi-headed graphs and a mixture of these graphs (i.e., polycephaly graphs). The last two types are examples of graphs whose Leavitt path algebras are strongly graded. We give a criterion when a Leavitt path algebra is strongly graded and in particular characterize unital Leavitt path algebras which are strongly graded completely, along the way obtaining classes of algebras which are group rings or crossed-products. In an attempt to generalize the grading, we introduce weighted Leavitt path algebras associated to directed weighted graphs which have natural ⊕?-grading and in their simplest form recover the Leavitt algebras L(n, k). We then show that the basic properties of Leavitt path algebras can be naturally carried over to weighted Leavitt path algebras.     

Hopf structures on ambiskew polynomial rings

We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for an ambiskew polynomial ring to have a Hopf algebra structure of a certain type. This construction generalizes many known Hopf algebras, for example U(sl₂), U_q(sl₂) and the enveloping algebra of the three-dimensional Heisenberg Lie algebra. In a torsion-free case we describe the finite-dimensional simple modules, in particular their dimensions, and prove a Clebsch-Gordan decomposition theorem for the tensor product of two simple modules. We construct a Casimir type operator and prove that any finite-dimensional weight module is semisimple.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis>*-Algebras Generated by Mappings. Criterion of Irreducibility

We study the operator algebra associated with a self-mapping ? on a countable set X which can be represented as a directed graph. The algebra is generated by the family of partial isometries acting on the corresponding l²(X). We study the structure of involutive semigroup multiplicatively generated by the family of partial isometries. We formulate the criterion when the algebra is irreducible on the Hilbert space. We consider the concrete examples of operator algebras. In particular, we give the examples of nonisomorphic C*-algebras, which are the extensions by compact operators of the algebra of continuous functions on the unit circle.     

From rectangular bands to k -primal algebras

We begin by giving a new proof that every finite rectangular band is naturally dualisable. Motivated by the dualising structure arising from this proof, we call an algebra k-primal if it is (isomorphic to) a product of k independent primal algebras. For each k \geq 2 we exhibit a strong duality between the quasi-variety generated by a k -primal algebra and the topological quasi-variety \lilcat D _k of Boolean topological k-dimensional diagonal algebras. The category \lilcat D ₂ is the category of compact, totally disconnected rectangular bands. This duality extends Hu’s duality for varieties generated by a primal algebra to the k -dimensional case. We find that Hu’s ``uniqueness principle’’ for such varieties also extends to the k -dimensional case, namely, we show that a quasi-variety is equivalent as a category to the quasi-variety generated by a k -primal algebra if and only if it is itself generated by a k -primal algebra.     

Rings and Gödel algebras

In this paper, we study those rings whose semiring of ideals can be given the structure of a Gödel algebra. Such rings are called Gödel rings. We investigate such structures both from an algebraic and a topological point of view. Our main result states that every Gödel ring R is a subdirect product of prime Gödel rings R _i , and the Gödel algebra Id(R) associated to R is subdirectly embeddable as an algebraic lattice into ${{\prod_{i}}Id(R_{i})}$ , where each Id(R _i ) is the algebraic lattice of ideals of R _i that can be equipped with the structure of a Gödel algebra. We see that the mapping associating to each Gödel ring its Gödel algebra of ideals is functorial from the category of Gödel rings with epimorphisms into the full subcategory of frames whose objects are Gödel algebras and whose morphisms are complete epimorphisms.     

On the codimension growth of almost nilpotent Lie algebras

We study codimension growth of infinite dimensional Lie algebras over a field of characteristic zero. We prove that if a Lie algebra L is an extension of a nilpotent algebra by a finite dimensional semisimple algebra then the PI-exponent of L exists and is a positive integer.     

Primary differential nil-algebras do exist

We construct a monomorphism from the differential algebra k{x}/[x ^m ] to a Grassmann algebra endowed with a structure of differential algebra. Using this monomorphism, we prove the primality of k{x}/[x ^m ] and its algebra of differential polynomials, solve one of so-called Ritt problems related to this algebra, and give a new proof of the integrality of ideal [x ^m ].     

Realization of Poisson enveloping algebra

For a Poisson algebra, the category of Poisson modules is equivalent to the module category of its Poisson enveloping algebra, where the Poisson enveloping algebra is an associative one. In this article, for a Poisson structure on a polynomial algebra S, we first construct a Poisson algebra R, then prove that the Poisson enveloping algebra of S is isomorphic to the specialization of the quantized universal enveloping algebra of R, and therefore, is a deformation quantization of R.