Automorphisms of Generalized Down-Up Algebras

A generalization of down-up algebras was introduced by Cassidy and Shelton (2004 Cassidy , T. , Shelton , B. ( 2004 ). Basic properties of generalized down-up algebras . J. Algebra 279 ( 1 ): 402 – 421 .Crossref], Web of Science ®] , Google Scholar]), the so-called “generalized down-up algebras”. We describe the automorphism group of conformal Noetherian generalized down-up algebras L(f, r, s, γ) such that r is not a root of unity, listing explicitly the elements of the group. In the last section, we apply these results to Noetherian down-up algebras, thus obtaining a characterization of the automorphism group of Noetherian down-up algebras A(α, β, γ) for which the roots of the polynomial X ² ? α X ? β are not both roots of unity.