Universal enveloping algebras with subexponential but not polynomially bounded growth
Author:
Martha K. Smith
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (1976), 22-24
MSC:
Primary 16A68; Secondary 17B35
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1976-0419534-5
MathSciNet review:
0419534
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Abstract: The universal enveloping algebras of certain Lie algebras provide examples of integral domains with growth which is subexponential but not bounded by any polynomial.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1976-0419534-5
Keywords:
Subexponential growth,
polynomially bounded growth,
universal enveloping algebra
Article copyright:
© Copyright 1976
American Mathematical Society
