Algorithmic Methods in Non-Commutative Algebra: Applications to Quantum Groups (Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications, 17) - Hardcover

Bueso, J.L.; Gómez-Torrecillas, José; Verschoren, A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402014023 ISBN 13: 9781402014024

Publisher: Springer, 2003

Synopsis

The already broad range of applications of ring theory has been enhanced in the eighties by the increasing interest in algebraic structures of considerable complexity, the so-called class of quantum groups. One of the fundamental properties of quantum groups is that they are modelled by associative coordinate rings possessing a canonical basis, which allows for the use of algorithmic structures based on Groebner bases to study them. This book develops these methods in a self-contained way, concentrating on an in-depth study of the notion of a vast class of non-commutative rings (encompassing most quantum groups), the so-called Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt rings. We include algorithms which treat essential aspects like ideals and (bi)modules, the calculation of homological dimension and of the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension, the Hilbert-Samuel polynomial, primality tests for prime ideals, etc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402014023
• ISBN 13: 9781402014024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 311