Algebras, Derivations and Integrals
Abstract
In the context of the integration over algebras introduced in a previous paper, we obtain several results for a particular class of associative algebras with identity. The algebras of this class are called self-conjugated, and they include, for instance, the paragrassmann algebras of order , the quaternionic algebra and the toroidal algebras. We study the relation between derivations and integration, proving a generalization of the standard result for the Riemann integral about the translational invariance of the measure and the vanishing of the integral of a total derivative (for convenient boundary conditions). We consider also the possibility, given the integration over an algebra, to define from it the integral over a subalgebra, in a way similar to the usual integration over manifolds. That is projecting out the submanifold in the integration measure. We prove that this is possible for paragrassmann algebras of order , once we consider them as subalgebras of the algebra of the matrices. We find also that the integration over the subalgebra coincides with the integral defined in the direct way. As a by-product we can define the integration over a one-dimensional Grassmann algebra as a trace over matrices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/9803024,
title = {Algebras, Derivations and Integrals},
author = {R. Casalbuoni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9803024},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
23 pages, few typos corrected. Final version to be published in International Journal of Modern Physics