Selected works of A. I. Shirshov. Translated by Murray Bremner and Mikhail V. Kotchetov. Edited by Leonid A. Bokut, Victor Latyshev, Ivan Shestakov and Efim Zelmanov (Q952893)

This volume contains translations of some works by the Russian mathematician A. I. Shirshov. He established important contributions in several directions of associative, Lie, Jordan, and alternative algebras, as well as groups and projective planes. Some of his main contributions are related with Gröbner-Shirshov bases, the Composition-Diamond lemma, the Shirshov-Witt theorem, the Lazard-Shirshov elimination process, Shirshov's Height theorem, Lyndon-Shirshov words, Hall-Shirshov bases, Shirshov's theorem on the Kurosh problem for alternative and Jordan algebras, and Shirshov's theorem on the speciality of Jordan algebras with two generators. The papers included in this book are the following [translation from]: Subalgebras of free Lie algebras (3--13) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 33(75), 441--452 (1953; Zbl 0052.03004); On the representation of Lie rings in associative rings (15--17) [Usp. Mat. Nauk 8, No. 5(57), 173--175 (1953; Zbl 0052.03003)]; Subalgebras of free commutative and free anticommutative algebras (19--25) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 34(76), 81--88 (1954; Zbl 0055.02703); On special \(J\)-rings (27--46) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 38(80), 149--166 (1956; Zbl 0070.02902), announced in Usp. Mat. Nauk 10, No. 4(66), 182 (1955; Zbl 0065.02303)]; Some theorems on embedding of rings (47--54) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 40(82), 65--72 (1956; Zbl 0071.25703)]; On some nonassociative nil-rings and algebraic algebras (55--68) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 41(83), 381--394 (1957; Zbl 0078.02202)]; On rings with identical relations (69--75) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 43(85), 277--283 (1957; Zbl 0078.02402)]; On free Lie rings (77--87) [Mat. Sb., N. Ser. 45(87), 113--122 (1958; Zbl 0080.25503)]; On a problem of Levitzki (89--91) [Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 120, 41--42 (1958; Zbl 0080.02603)]; Some problems in the theory of rings that are nearly associative (93--111) [Usp. Mat. Nauk 13, No. 6(84), 3--20 (1958; Zbl 0088.03202)]; On the bases of a free Lie algebra (113--118) [Algebra Logika 1, No. 1, 14--19 (1962; Zbl 0145.25803)]; Some algorithmic problems for \(\varepsilon\)-algebras (119--124) [Sib. Mat. Zh. 3, 132--137 (1962; Zbl 0143.25602)]; Some algorithmic problems for Lie algebras (125--130) [Sib. Mat. Zh. 3, 292--296 (1962; Zbl 0104.26004)]; On a hypothesis in the theory of Lie algebras (131--135) [Sib. Mat. Zh. 3, 297--301 (1962; Zbl 0104.26003)]; On some groups which are nearly Engel (137--147) [Algebra Logika 2, No. 5, 5--18 (1963; Zbl 0146.03402)]; On some identical relations for algebras (149--152) [Sib. Mat. Zh. 7, 963--966 (1966; Zbl 0168.28703); translation in Sib. Math. J. 7, 771--773 (1966)]; On some positively definable varieties of groups (153--155) [Sib. Mat. Zh. 8, 1190--1192 (1967; Zbl 0166.28205); translation in Sib. Math. J. 8, 910--912 (1967; Zbl 0203.32102)]; On the definition of the binary-Lie property (156--159) [Algebra Logika 10, 100--102 (1971; Zbl 0246.17003); translation in Algebra Logic 10, 66--67 (1971); On the theory of projective planes (with A. A. Nikitin) (161--182) [Algebra Logika 20, 330--356 (1981; Zbl 0505.51007); translation in Algebra Logic 20, 220--239 (1982; Zbl 0531.51009)]. Additional papers are the following: Alexei Belov-Kanel and Louis H. Rowen, Perspectives on Shirshov's Height theorem (185--202); Leonid A. Bokut, On Shirshov's papers for Lie algebras (203--215); Vladislav K. Kharchenko, Some of A. I. Shirshov's works (217--221); Alexander Kemer, Comments on Shirshov's Height theorem (223--229); Ivan Shestakov and Efim Zelmanov, Shirshov's works on alternative and Jordan algebras (203--215); Evgenii N. Kuzmin, A word about the Teacher (203--215). [Editorial comment: One main achievement of the book consists in English translations of several important papers by A. I. Shirshov which were available only in Russian before. Furthermore, some of the most prominent modern algebraists have added comments on these selected papers.]