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Beck modules and alternative algebras

Rings and Algebras 2024-12-24 v4

Abstract

We set out the general theory of ``Beck modules'' in a variety of algebras and describe them as modules over suitable ``universal enveloping'' unital associative algebras. We develop a theory of ``noncommutative partial differentiation'' to pass from the equations of the variety to relations in a universal enveloping algebra. We pay particular attention to the case of alternative algebras, defined by a restricted associative law, and determine the Poincar\'e polynomial of the universal enveloping algebra in the homogeneous case.

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@article{arxiv.2309.07962,
  title  = {Beck modules and alternative algebras},
  author = {Nishant Dhankhar and Haynes Miller and Ali Tahboub and Victor Yin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.07962},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

21 pages. Version accepted by Communications in Algebra, with improvements following referee report

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