Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4586494 Journal of Algebra 2011 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

We continue the study of the lower central series Li(A) and its successive quotients Bi(A) of a noncommutative associative algebra A, defined by L1(A)=A, Li+1(A)=[A,Li(A)], and Bi(A)=Li(A)/Li+1(A). We describe B2(A) for A a quotient of the free algebra on two or three generators by the two-sided ideal generated by a generic homogeneous element. We prove that it is isomorphic to a certain quotient of Kähler differentials on the non-smooth variety associated to the abelianization of A.

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