An algebro-geometric construction of lower central series of associative algebras.

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNU125MaRDI QIDQ3450436zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David Jordan, Hendrik Orem

Publication date 5 November 2015

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.3992

zbMATH Keywords

coherent sheaveslocalizationslower central seriesvector bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncommutative algebraic geometry (14A22) Associative rings determined by universal properties (free algebras, coproducts, adjunction of inverses, etc.) (16S10) Rings arising from noncommutative algebraic geometry (16S38) Associative rings of functions, subdirect products, sheaves of rings (16S60)

Abstract: The lower central series invariants M_k of an associative algebra A are the two-sided ideals generated by k-fold iterated commutators; the M_k provide a filtration of A. We study the relationship between the geometry of X = Spec A_ab and the associated graded components N_k of this filtration. We show that the N_k form coherent sheaves on a certain nilpotent thickening of X, and that Zariski localization on X coincides with noncommutative localization of A. Under certain freeness assumptions on A, we give an alternative construction of N_k purely in terms of the geometry of X (and in particular, independent of A). Applying a construction of Kapranov, we exhibit the N_k as natural vector bundles on the category of smooth schemes.

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