The images of Lie polynomials evaluated on matrices

作者:Kanel Belov Alexei; Malev Sergey; Rowen Louis*
来源:Communications in Algebra, 2017, 45(11): 4801-4808.
DOI:10.1080/00927872.2017.1282959

摘要

Kaplansky asked about the possible images of a polynomial f in several noncommuting variables. In this paper, we consider the case of f a Lie polynomial. We describe all the possible images of f in M-2(K) and provide an example of f whose image is the set of non-nilpotent trace zero matrices, together with 0. We provide an arithmetic criterion for this case. We also show that the standard polynomial s(k) is not a Lie polynomial, for k>2.

  • 出版日期2017