On integro-differential algebras. (Q392441)

An associative unital algebra \(R\) over a field \(k\) with a fixed element \(\lambda\in k\) is called an integro-differential \(k\)-algebra of weight \(\lambda\) if there exist two \(k\)-linear operators \(D,\Pi\) on \(R\) such that \[ \begin{aligned} D(xy)&=D(x)y+xD(y)+\lambda D(x)D(y),\\ \Pi(D(x))\Pi(D(y))&=\Pi(D(x))y+x\Pi(D(y))-\Pi(D(xy))\end{aligned} \] for all \(x,y\in R\), and \(D(1)=0\), \(D\Pi=1\). This notion realizes the algebraic theory of boundary problems related to the theory of Rota-Baxter algebras, which can be regarded as an algebraic study of both the integral and summation operators. This notion generalizes concepts of differential algebra by E. R. Kolchin, J. F. Ritt, V. V. Bavula, and Rota-Baxter. The main result of the paper gives the explicit form of free commutative integro-differential algebras with weight generated by a differential algebra.