Noncommutative Symmetric Functions Associated with a Code, Lazard Elimination, and Witt Vectors
Combinatorics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The construction of the universal ring of Witt vectors is related to Lazard's factorizations of free monoids by means of a noncommutative analogue. This is done by associating to a code a specialization of noncommutative symmetric functions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0607254,
title = {Noncommutative Symmetric Functions Associated with a Code, Lazard Elimination, and Witt Vectors},
author = {Jean-Gabriel Luque and Jean-Yves Thibon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607254},
year = {2007}
}