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Images of polynomial maps with constants

Group Theory 2023-12-22 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let KK be an algebraically closed field and M(2,K)\mathrm{M}(2,K) be the 2×22\times 2 matrix algebra over KK and GL(2,K)\mathrm{GL}(2,K) be the invertible elements in M(2,K)\mathrm{M}(2,K). We explore the image of polynomials with constants, namely from the free algebra M(2,K)x,y\mathrm{M}(2,K)\langle x, y\rangle. In this article, we compute the images of the polynomial maps given by (a) generalized sum of powers Axk1+Byk2Ax^{k_1} + By^{k_2} and (b) generalized commutator map AxyByxAxy -Byx, where AA, BB are non-zero elements of M(2,K)\mathrm{M}(2,K). We compute this in the first case by fixing a simultaneous conjugate pair for A,BA, B and it turns out that it is surjective in most of the cases. In the second case, we show that the image of the map is always a vector space.

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@article{arxiv.2312.13865,
  title  = {Images of polynomial maps with constants},
  author = {Saikat Panja and Prachi Saini and Anupam Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.13865},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Preliminary version; 34 pp;