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A Non-associative Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula

Rings and Algebras 2016-05-04 v1

Abstract

We address the problem of constructing the non-associative version of the Dynkin form of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula; that is, expressing log(exp(x)exp(y))\log (\exp (x)\exp(y)), where xx and yy are non-associative variables, in terms of the Shestakov-Umirbaev primitive operations. In particular, we obtain a recursive expression for the Magnus expansion of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff series and an explicit formula in degrees smaller than 5. Our main tool is a non-associative version of the Dynkin-Specht-Wever Lemma. A construction of Bernouilli numbers in terms of binary trees is also recovered.

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@article{arxiv.1605.00953,
  title  = {A Non-associative Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula},
  author = {J. Mostovoy and J. M. Perez-Izquierdo and I. P. Shestakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.00953},
  year   = {2016}
}

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15 pages

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