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Universal enveloping algebras of the four-dimensional Malcev algebra
Contemporary Mathematics
  • Murray R. Bremner, University of Saskatchewan
  • Irvin R. Hentzel, Iowa State University
  • Luiz A. Peresi, Universidade de Sao Paulo
  • Hamid Usefi, University of Saskatchewan
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Abstract

We determine structure constants for the universal nonassociative enveloping algebra U(M) of the four-dimensional non-Lie Malcev algebra M by constructing a representation of U(M) by differential operators on the polynomial algebra P (M). These structure constants involve Stirling numbers of the second kind. This work is based on the recent theorem of Pérez-Izquierdo and Shestakov which generalizes the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt theorem from Lie algebras to Malcev algebras. We use our results for U(M) to determine structure constants for the universal alternative enveloping algebra A(M) = U(M)/I(M) where I(M) is the alternator ideal of U(M). The structure constants for A(M) were obtained earlier by Shestakov using different methods.

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This article is published as Bremner, Murray R., Irvin R. Hentzel, Luiz A. Peresi, and Hamid Usefi. "Universal enveloping algebras of the four-dimensional Malcev algebra." Contemporary Mathematics 483 (2009): 73-89. Posted with permission.

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American Mathematical Society
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Citation Information
Murray R. Bremner, Irvin R. Hentzel, Luiz A. Peresi and Hamid Usefi. "Universal enveloping algebras of the four-dimensional Malcev algebra" Contemporary Mathematics Vol. 483 (2009) p. 73 - 89
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/irvin-hentzel/22/