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On the Lower Central Factors of a Free Associative Ring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Robert Tyler
Robert Tyler*
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Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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Let R be a free associative ring with identity freely generated by r1, r2,. .. , rk. In analogy to group theory the lower central series for R is defined inductively By

γo = R and γn = [γn-1, R],

where γn is the ideal generated by the indicated ring commutators. Using P. Hall's collection process [2; 1, Chapter 11] γn/γn+1 will be shown to be free as a Z-module and as an R/R''-module for each non-negative integer n. In each case a basis will be exhibited.

Definition 1. Commutators of order zero are the free generators of R. A commutator, c, of order n (denoted by o(c) = n) is of the form [x, y], where x and y are commutators and o(x) + o(y) = n — 1.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , 01 April 1975 , pp. 434 - 438
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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