Evaluations of noncommutative polynomials on algebras: methods and problems, and the L'vov-Kaplansky conjecture

A Kanel-Belov, S Malev, L Rowen, R Yavich - … Symmetry, Integrability and …, 2020 - emis.de
Let $ p $ be a polynomial in several non-commuting variables with coefficients in a field $ K
$ of arbitrary characteristic. It has been conjectured that for any $ n $, for $ p $ multilinear …

Geometry of word equations in simple algebraic groups over special fields

NL Gordeev, BÈ Kunyavskiĭ… - Russian Mathematical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper contains a survey of recent developments in the investigation of word equations
in simple matrix groups and polynomial equations in simple (associative and Lie) matrix …

The images of multilinear polynomials evaluated on 3× 3 matrices

A Kanel-Belov, S Malev, L Rowen - Proceedings of the American …, 2016 - ams.org
Let $ p $ be a multilinear polynomial in several noncommuting variables, with coefficients in
an algebraically closed field $ K $ of arbitrary characteristic. In this paper we classify the …

Decompositions of matrices over division algebras into products of commutators

MH Bien, TH Dung, NTT Ha, TN Son - Linear Algebra and its Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
Let D be a division algebra of degree m. The first aim of this paper is to show that if D is tame
and totally ramifield and if the center of D is Henselian, then there exists a positive d …

[HTML][HTML] Word maps, word maps with constants and representation varieties of one-relator groups

N Gordeev, B Kunyavskiĭ, E Plotkin - Journal of Algebra, 2018 - Elsevier
We consider word maps and word maps with constants on a simple algebraic group G. We
present results on the images of such maps, in particular, we prove a theorem on the …

Equations in simple matrix groups: algebra, geometry, arithmetic, dynamics

T Bandman, S Garion, B Kunyavskiĭ - Central European Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
We present a survey of results on word equations in simple groups, as well as their
analogues and generalizations, which were obtained over the past decade using various …

The images of Lie polynomials evaluated on matrices

A Kanel-Belov, S Malev, L Rowen - Communications in Algebra, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Kaplansky asked about the possible images of a polynomial f in several noncommuting
variables. In this paper, we consider the case of fa Lie polynomial. We describe all the …

Word maps on perfect algebraic groups

N Gordeev, B Kunyavskiĭ, E Plotkin - International Journal of …, 2018 - World Scientific
We extend Borel's theorem on the dominance of word maps from semisimple algebraic
groups to some perfect groups. In another direction, we generalize Borel's theorem to some …

Surjectivity of certain word maps on and

T Bandman, YG Zarhin - European Journal of Mathematics, 2016 - Springer
Let n\geqslant 2 n⩾ 2 be an integer and F_n F n the free group on n generators, its first and
second derived subgroups. Let K be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. We …

Surjectivity of polynomial maps on Matrices

S Panja, P Saini, A Singh - arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19731, 2023 - arxiv.org
For $ n\geq 2$, we consider the map on $ M_n (\mathbb K) $ given by evaluation of a
polynomial $ f (X_1,\ldots, X_m) $ over the field $\mathbb K $. In this article, we explore the …