A short proof that the free associative algebra is Hopfian

Authors A. Ya Belov, Louis Rowen, Jie-Tai Yu

Publication date 14 August 2017

Associative rings determined by universal properties (free algebras, coproducts, adjunction of inverses, etc.) (16S10) Automorphisms and endomorphisms (16W20) Computational aspects of associative rings (general theory) (16Z05)

Abstract: A short proof is given of the fact that various classes of algebras including the free associative algebra are Hopfian, i.e., every epimorphism is an automorphism. This further simplifies the Dicks-Lewin solution of the Jacobian conjecture for the free associative algebra.

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