Word equations in simple groups and polynomial equations in simple algebras.

DOI10.3103/S1063454113010044zbMATH Open1300.20033arXiv1304.5052OpenAlexW1997326292MaRDI QIDQ357769FDOQ357769

Authors: A. Ya Belov, Boris Kunyavskiĭ, Eugene Plotkin 

Publication date: 13 August 2013

Published in: Vestnik St. Petersburg University. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a brief survey of recent results on word maps on simple groups and polynomial maps on simple associative and Lie algebras. Our focus is on parallelism between these theories, allowing one to state many new open problems and giving new ways for solving older ones.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.5052

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zbMATH Keywords

polynomial mapssimple groupssimple associative algebrassimple Lie algebrasword maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple groups: alternating groups and groups of Lie type (20D06) Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups (20D60) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras (17B20) Algebraic geometry over groups; equations over groups (20F70)

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