The images of non-commutative polynomials evaluated on 2 x 2 matrices over the real numbers
Seminar
Speaker
Sergey Malev (Bar-Ilan University)
Date
13/11/2013 - 10:30Add to Calendar
2013-11-13 10:30:00
2013-11-13 10:30:00
The images of non-commutative polynomials evaluated on 2 x 2 matrices over the real numbers
Let p be a multilinear polynomial in several non-commuting
variables with coefficients in an arbitrary field K. Kaplansky
conjectured that for any n, the image of p evaluated on the
set M_n(K) of n-by-n matrices is either zero, or the set of
scalar matrices, or the set sl_n(K) of matrices of trace 0, or
all of M_n(K). I prove the conjecture when K is the field of real numbers and
n=2, and give a partial solution for
an arbitrary field K.
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Abstract
Let p be a multilinear polynomial in several non-commuting
variables with coefficients in an arbitrary field K. Kaplansky
conjectured that for any n, the image of p evaluated on the
set M_n(K) of n-by-n matrices is either zero, or the set of
scalar matrices, or the set sl_n(K) of matrices of trace 0, or
all of M_n(K). I prove the conjecture when K is the field of real numbers and
n=2, and give a partial solution for
an arbitrary field K.
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