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Non-Associative Geometry and the Spectral Action Principle
Chamseddine and Connes have argued that the action for Einstein gravity,
coupled to the SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1) standard model of particle physics,
may be elegantly recast as the "spectral action" on a certain "non-commutative
geometry." In this paper, we show how this formalism may be extended to
"non-associative geometries," and explain the motivations for doing so. As a
guiding illustration, we present the simplest non-associative geometry (based
on the octonions) and evaluate its spectral action: it describes Einstein
gravity coupled to a G_2 gauge theory, with 8 Dirac fermions (which transform
as a singlet and a septuplet under G_2). This is just the simplest example: in
a forthcoming paper we show how to construct more realistic models that include
Higgs fields, spontaneous symmetry breaking and fermion masses.Comment: 24 pages, no figures, matches JHEP versio
Additive combinatorics methods in associative algebras
We adapt methods coming from additive combinatorics in groups to the study of
linear span in associative unital algebras. In particular, we establish for
these algebras analogues of Diderrich-Kneser's and Hamidoune's theorems on
sumsets and Tao's theorem on sets of small doubling. In passing we classify the
finite-dimensional algebras over infinite fields with finitely many
subalgebras. These algebras play a crucial role in our linear version of
Diderrich-Kneser's theorem. We also explain how the original theorems for
groups we linearize can be easily deduced from our results applied to group
algebras. Finally, we give lower bounds for the Minkowski product of two
subsets in finite monoids by using their associated monoid algebras.Comment: In this second version, we clarify and extend the domain of validity
of Diderrich-Kneser's theorem for associative algebras. We simplify the
proofs and we also add a section on Kneser's and Hamidoune's theorem in
monoi
The Nori-Hilbert scheme is not smooth for 2-Calabi Yau algebras
Let be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and let
be a finitely generated algebra. The Nori - Hilbert scheme of ,
parameterizes left ideals of codimension in and it is well known to be
smooth when is formally smooth. In this paper we will study the Nori -
Hilbert scheme for Calabi Yau algebras. The main examples of these are
surface group algebras and preprojective algebras. For the former we show that
the Nori-Hilbert scheme is smooth for only, while for the latter we show
that the smooth components that contain simple representations are precisely
those that only contain simple representation. Under certain conditions we can
generalize this last statement to arbitrary Calabi Yau algebras.Comment: 30 pages, research paper. Accepted for publication in Journal of
Noncommutative Geometr
Constants of Weitzenb\"ock derivations and invariants of unipotent transformations acting on relatively free algebras
In commutative algebra, a Weitzenb\"ock derivation is a nonzero triangular
linear derivation of the polynomial algebra in several
variables over a field of characteristic 0. The classical theorem of
Weitzenb\"ock states that the algebra of constants is finitely generated. (This
algebra coincides with the algebra of invariants of a single unipotent
transformation.) In this paper we study the problem of finite generation of the
algebras of constants of triangular linear derivations of finitely generated
(not necessarily commutative or associative) algebras over assuming that
the algebras are free in some sense (in most of the cases relatively free
algebras in varieties of associative or Lie algebras). In this case the algebra
of constants also coincides with the algebra of invariants of some unipotent
transformation. \par The main results are the following: 1. We show that the
subalgebra of constants of a factor algebra can be lifted to the subalgebra of
constants. 2. For all varieties of associative algebras which are not nilpotent
in Lie sense the subalgebras of constants of the relatively free algebras of
rank are not finitely generated. 3. We describe the generators of the
subalgebra of constants for all factor algebras modulo a
-invariant ideal . 4. Applying known results from commutative
algebra, we construct classes of automorphisms of the algebra generated by two
generic matrices. We obtain also some partial results on relatively
free Lie algebras.Comment: 31 page
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