An online session of the Algebra and Logic Seminar will be held on February 19, 2021 (Friday) at 1:00 p.m.

A talk on

will be delivered by Jose Brox (Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal).

Abstract. Given a ring, a generalized polynomial identity (GPI) is a polynomial identity in which the coefficients can be taken from the ring. Prime rings are a class of rings very well suited to manage problems related to identities, as for example those coming from Herstein’s theory, which is the study of nonassociative objects and structures arising from associative rings. After a motivating introduction to prime rings, with some examples from Herstein’s theory, I will show the usefulness of Martindale’s lemma, the key tool for solving GPIs in one variable in prime rings, and I will explain a new promising approach to solve them based on elementary algebraic geometry which avoids some shortcomings of the lemma, allowing to find the optimal solutions.

 

The seminar will be held via Zoom and everyone can join via the link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85137375021?pwd=RE5QczdFTE1xL1R6MnI2b1lkcGczQT09

 

Algebra and Logic Department, IMI-BAS
http://www.math.bas.bg/algebra/seminarAiL/