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Computing Nilpotent Quotients in Finitely Presented Lie Rings

Group Theory 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

A nilpotent quotient algorithm for finitely presented Lie rings over Z (LieNQ) is described. The paper studies graded and non-graded cases separately. The algorithm computes the so-called nilpotent presentation for a finitely presented, nilpotent Lie ring. The nilpotent presentation consists of generators for the abelian group and the products---expressed as linear combinations---for pairs formed by generators. Using that presentation the word problem is decidable in LL. Provided that the Lie ring LL is graded, it is possible to determine the canonical presentation for a lower central factor of LL. LieNQ's complexity is studied and it is shown that optimizing the presentation is NP-hard. Computational details are provided with examples, timing and some structure theorems obtained from computations. Implementation in C and GAP 3.5 interface is available.

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@article{arxiv.math/9604206,
  title  = {Computing Nilpotent Quotients in Finitely Presented Lie Rings},
  author = {Csaba Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9604206},
  year   = {2009}
}

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