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Tensor products of polynomial identity algebras
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by Elizabeth Berman PDF
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 156 (1971), 259-271 Request permission

Abstract:

We investigate matrix algebras and tensor products of associative algebras over a commutative ring R with identity, such that the algebra satisfies a polynomial identity with coefficients in R. We call A a P. I. algebra over R if there exists a positive integer n and a polynomial f in n noncommuting variables with coefficients in R, not annihilating A, such that for all ${a_1}, \ldots ,{a_n}$ in A, $f({a_1}, \ldots ,{a_n}) = 0$. We call A a P-algebra if f is homogeneous with at least one coefficient of 1. We define the docile identity, a polynomial identity generalizing commutativity, in that if A satisfies a docile identity, then for all n, ${A_n}$, the set of n-by-n matrices over A, satisfies a standard identity. We similarly define the unitary identity, which generalizes anticommutativity. Claudio Procesi and Lance Small recently proved that if A is a P. I. algebra over a field, then for all n, ${A_n}$ satisfies some power of a standard identity. We generalize this result to P-algebras over commutative rings with identity. It follows that if A is a P-algebra, A satisfies a power of the docile identity.
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  • © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 156 (1971), 259-271
  • MSC: Primary 16.49
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1971-0274515-X
  • MathSciNet review: 0274515