Campus Units
Mathematics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Journal or Book Title
Experimental Mathematics
Volume
17
Issue
2
First Page
245
Last Page
255
Abstract
We construct five new elements of degree 6 in the nucleus of the free alternative algebra. We use the representation theory of the symmetric group to locate the elements. We use the computer algebra system ALBERT and an extension of ALBERT to express the elements in compact form and to show that these new elements are not a consequence of the known degree-5 elements in the nucleus. We prove that these five new elements and four known elements form a basis for the subspace of nuclear elements of degree 6. Our calculations are done using modular arithmetic to save memory and time. The calculations can be done in characteristic zero or any prime greater than 6, and similar results are expected. We generated the nuclear elements using prime 103. We check our answer using five other primes.
Copyright Owner
Taylor & Francis
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hentzel, Irvin R. and Peresi, L. A., "Nuclear Elements of Degree 6 in the Free Alternative Algebra" (2008). Mathematics Publications. 143.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/math_pubs/143
Comments
This article is published as Hentzel, I. R., and L. A. Peresi. "Nuclear Elements of Degree 6 in the Free Alternative Algebra." Experimental Mathematics 17, no. 2 (2008): 245-255. Posted with permission.