Fox derivatives and varieties of representations of groups (Q1104406)

We give answers to two concrete problems in the theory of varieties of group representations. The first of these is connected with the concept of a pure variety. We recall that a variety of group representations over an integral domain K is called pure, if the domains of action of its free representations are torsion-free K-modules. Problem 1. Is the intersection of pure varieties itself pure? The second problem is connected with ordered functions of varieties.