SOME OPEN PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF INFINITE DIMENSIONAL ALGEBRAS

Title & Authors
SOME OPEN PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF INFINITE DIMENSIONAL ALGEBRAS
Zelmanov, Efim;

Abstract
We will discuss some very old and some new open problems concerning infinite dimensional algebras. All these problems have been inspired by combinatorial group theory.
Keywords
infinite dimensional algebra;group;Gelfand-Kirillov dimension;
Language
English
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