Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture

Let be a polynomial in several non-commuting variables with coefficients in a field of arbitrary characteristic. It has been conjectured that for any , for multilinear, the image of evaluated on the set Mₙ() of by matrices is either zero, or the set of scalar matrices, or the set slₙ() of matr...

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Автори: Kanel-Belov, Alexei, Malev, Sergey, Rowen, Louis, Yavich, Roman
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Цитувати:Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture. Alexei Kanel-Belov, Sergey Malev, Louis Rowen and Roman Yavich. SIGMA 16 (2020), 071, 61 pages

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description Let be a polynomial in several non-commuting variables with coefficients in a field of arbitrary characteristic. It has been conjectured that for any , for multilinear, the image of evaluated on the set Mₙ() of by matrices is either zero, or the set of scalar matrices, or the set slₙ() of matrices of trace 0, or all of Mₙ(). This expository paper describes research on this problem and related areas. We discuss the solution of this conjecture for = 2 in Section 2, some decisive results for = 3 in Section 3, and partial information for ≥ 3 in Section 4, also for non-multilinear polynomials. In addition, we consider the case of not algebraically closed, and polynomials evaluated on other finite-dimensional simple algebras (in particular, the algebra of the quaternions). This review recollects results and technical material of our previous papers, as well as new results of other research, and applies them in a new context. This article also explains the role of the Deligne trick, which is related to some nonassociative cases in new situations, underlying our earlier, more straightforward approach. We pose some problems for future generalizations and point out possible generalizations in the present state of the art, and on the other hand, provide counterexamples showing the boundaries of generalizations.
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Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture. Alexei Kanel-Belov, Sergey Malev, Louis Rowen and Roman Yavich. SIGMA 16 (2020), 071, 61 pages
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Let be a polynomial in several non-commuting variables with coefficients in a field of arbitrary characteristic. It has been conjectured that for any , for multilinear, the image of evaluated on the set Mₙ() of by matrices is either zero, or the set of scalar matrices, or the set slₙ() of matrices of trace 0, or all of Mₙ(). This expository paper describes research on this problem and related areas. We discuss the solution of this conjecture for = 2 in Section 2, some decisive results for = 3 in Section 3, and partial information for ≥ 3 in Section 4, also for non-multilinear polynomials. In addition, we consider the case of not algebraically closed, and polynomials evaluated on other finite-dimensional simple algebras (in particular, the algebra of the quaternions). This review recollects results and technical material of our previous papers, as well as new results of other research, and applies them in a new context. This article also explains the role of the Deligne trick, which is related to some nonassociative cases in new situations, underlying our earlier, more straightforward approach. We pose some problems for future generalizations and point out possible generalizations in the present state of the art, and on the other hand, provide counterexamples showing the boundaries of generalizations.
We would like to thank M. Bresar and B. Kunyavskii, and express our special gratitude to E. Plotkin for interesting and fruitful discussions. We would also like to thank the anonymous referees whose suggestions contributed significantly to the quality of the paper. The second and third-named authors were supported by the ISF (Israel Science Foundation) grant 1994/20. The first-named author was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 17-11-01377. The second and fourth-named authors were supported by the Israel Innovation Authority, grant no. 63412: Development of A.I. based platform for e-commerce.
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Інститут математики НАН України
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Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture
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title Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture
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title_fullStr Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture
title_full_unstemmed Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture
title_short Evaluations of Noncommutative Polynomials on Algebras: Methods and Problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky Conjecture
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