Rota-Baxter algebras and new combinatorial identities
Combinatorics
2011-11-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Rings and Algebras
Abstract
The word problem for an arbitrary associative Rota-Baxter algebra is solved. This leads to a noncommutative generalization of the classical Spitzer identities. Links to other combinatorial aspects, particularly of interest in physics, are indicated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0701031,
title = {Rota-Baxter algebras and new combinatorial identities},
author = {Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard and Jose M. Gracia-Bondia and Frederic Patras},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701031},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
8 pages, improved version