Abstract
We prove a general result on presentations of finitely generated algebras and apply it to obtain nice presentations for some noncommutative algebras arising in the matrix bispectral problem. By “nice presentation”, we mean a presentation that has as few as possible defining relations. This, in turn, has potential applications in computer algebra implementations and examples. Our results can be divided into three parts. In the first two, we consider bispectral algebras with the eigenvalue in the physical equation to be scalar-valued for and matrix-valued eigenfunctions. In the third part, we assume the eigenvalue in the physical equation to be matrix-valued and draw an important connection with Spin Calogero–Moser systems. In all cases, we show that these algebras are finitely presented. As a byproduct, we answer positively a conjecture of F. A. Grünbaum about these algebras.
1. Introduction
In this work, we characterize the symmetry structure of a noncommutative version of the bispectral problem [1]. The latter refers to families of eigenfunctions of an operator , with z-dependent eigenvalue parameter, that are also eigenfunctions for some nontrivial operator with an x-dependent eigenvalue. We shall refer to the differential equations involving the operator as the physical equations.
In the commutative (or scalar) case, the bispectral problem already displays unexpected connections to different areas [1,2,3]. One of the most important connections is that a remarkable set of bispectral Schrödinger operators are obtained when is a rational solution of the KdV equation [4]. The abundance of connections is even more pronounced in the matrix case. See [2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11] and references therein. In the theory of infinite dimensional systems and solitons the study of the symmetries led to a deeper understanding of the structure of these equations. See for example [12,13].
Characterizing the algebraic structure of the solutions to a problem through presentations is a major task in many areas. In our context, this consists in looking for a set of generators in such a way that the relations among them are as simple as possible [14,15,16]. We address this problem for some algebras associated to the noncommutative bispectral problem, which in turn is connected to the Spin Calogero–Moser system [17,18].
Let be a field. A presentation of a -algebra A comprises a set S of generators so that every element of the algebra can be written as a polynomial in these generators and a set I of relations among those generators. We then say A has a presentation . Interesting conjectures concerning presentations of some noncommutative algebras were proposed in connection with the interplay of matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials [18,19] and the bispectral problem [20]. Only one of the conjectures proposed in [19] was solved in [21]. In [18] the algebras involved are bispectral algebras while in [19] the algebras involved are algebras of differential operators associated to matrix-valued orthogonal polynomials. This article solves the conjectures concerning noncommutative bispectral algebras presented in [18].
In the present incarnation of the bispectral problem, we consider the triples satisfying systems of equations
with , linear matrix differential operators, i.e., , . The functions and the nontrivial common eigenfunction are in principle compatible sized matrix-valued functions. A triple satisfying (1) is called a bispectral triple.
The main goal of this article is to give a presentation of each (bispectral) algebra using its generators and some relations among them. Thus, describing the ideal of relations, we give three examples of bispectral algebras to illustrate a general theorem of presentations of finitely generated algebras. For a given eigenvalue function the corresponding algebra of matrix eigenvalues is characterized. In the former two cases, the eigenvalue is scalar valued and in the last case the eigenvalue is matrix valued. These results give positive answers to the three conjectures in [18]. We use the software Singular and Maxima to obtain a set of generators and nice relations among them and after that, we prove that in fact, this set of nice relations are enough to give presentations for these algebras.
To obtain the algebras involved in the mentioned conjectures arising from the bispectral context, we consider a normalized operator , with constant and scalar, . We are interested in the bispectral pairs associated to , i.e., the algebra
Notice that we fixed L normalized and consider the algebra of bispectral pairs to L. However, this algebra depends on L.
Since the operators L and B are acting on opposite directions, we have a generalized version of the ad-conditions of Duistermaat and Grunbaum [1]. See [22] for the proof in this context. As a consequence, we can consider the algebra as a subalgebra of the matrix polynomial algebra .
We shall now make precise the three conjectures from [18]:
- Consider the matrix-valued functionand observe that for the operator
Conjecture 1.
The algebra of all matrix-valued polynomialsfor which there exists some operatorBsuch that
is the algebra of all polynomials of the form
whereand all the variablesare arbitrary. Furthermore, look for a nice presentation in terms of generators and relations.
- 2.
- Consider the matrix-valued functionand observe that for the operator
Conjecture 2.
The algebra of all matrix-valued polynomialsfor which there exists some operatorBsuch that
is the algebra of all polynomials of the form
whereand all the variables are arbitrary. Furthermore, look for a nice presentation in terms of generators and relations.
- 3.
- Consider the matrix-valued functionit is easy to check that forand
Conjecture 3.
The algebra of all matrix-valued polynomialsfor which there exists some operatorL such that
is the algebra of all polynomials of the form
whereand all the variables are arbitrary. Furthermore, look for a nice presentation in terms of generators and relations.
In order to characterize the algebraic structure of bispectrality in the present noncommutative context, we start with the following definitions.
Definition 1.
Let be a field, C be a -algebra, A a subring of C and . We define
where the noncommutative product is understood from left to right, i.e., for For completion,
The set is called the subalgebra generated by S over A and we call an element a noncommutative polynomial with coefficients in A and set of variables S.
Definition 2.
Let C be a noncommutative ring and A a subring of C. We say that an element is integral over A if there exists a noncommutative polynomial f with coefficients in A such that . Furthermore, we say that is integral over if β is integral over . Finally, α and β are associated integrals if α is integral over β and β is integral over α.
Definition 3.
Let be a field, we denote by the free algebra generated by the letters , i.e.,
Remark 1.
Note that Definition 3 is consistent with Definition 1 since in this case , and is a field. In particular, the elements of A commute with the elements of S and we have Equation (3).
Definition 4.
Let A be a -algebra. A presentation for an algebra A is a triple such that is an ideal and is an isomorphism. Furthermore, we say that A is finitely generated if there exists a presentation with Λ finite and finitely presented if there exists a presentation with Λ finite and the ideal I is generated by finitely many elements.
Remark 2.
If an algebra A has presentation we can identify A with the algebra generated by the variables , satisfying the relations given in the ideal I. We will denote this algebra by
In [22] we studied the bispectral algebra associated the operator and eigenfunction , for every . We gave an explicit expression for the operator associated to the matrix eigenvalue . However, we did not give a characterization in terms of generators and relations for , which is the last part of the Conjectures 1–3. The main goal of the present work is to prove characterization in terms of generators and relations for , for every and conclude positive answers to the Conjectures 1–3.
Theorems 2–4 complete the positive answers to the Conjectures 1–3 of [18] about three bispectral full rank 1 algebras. Moreover, these algebras are Noetherian and finitely generated because they are contained in the matrix polynomial ring . The characterization in terms of generators and relations is an important tool to understand the algebraic structure of the bispectral pairs of a given normalized operator. If the eigenfunction satisfies the condition implies for every linear differential operator and implies for every matrix-valued polynomial then the algebra of bispectral pairs of the operator L and are isomorphic. For more details see [22].
The plan of this article is as follows: In Section 2, we consider noncommutative finitely generated algebras which are countably generated as the left module over a subalgebra and prove Theorem 1 about their presentations. In Section 3, we give a positive answer to the first conjecture in [18] by applying Theorem 1 to obtain the presentation for an algebra with an integral element over a nilpotent one. In Section 4, we give positive answer to the second conjecture in [18], by applying Theorem 1 to obtain the presentation for an algebra with nilpotent and idempotent associated elements. Finally, in Section 5, we give positive answer to the third conjecture in [18] by applying Theorem 1 to obtain the presentation for an algebra with two integral elements over one nilpotent and one idempotent.
2. Presentations for Finitely Generated Algebras
In this section, we face the presentation problem and obtain a method to tackle it. This method was motivated by a result used in the work presented in [23].
Theorem 1
(Presentation of finitely generated algebras). Let A be a finitely generated -algebra by such that:
- There exist an ideal I of and an epimorphism of algebras
- There exists a subalgebra such that is a free left R-module generated by , i.e.,
- is a monomorphism.
- The set is a basis for A as a left -module.Then, f is an isomorphism.
Proof.
It is enough to prove that f is injective. Pick and write , then . However, since is a basis for A as a left -module we have , for . Here we use that is an monomorphism to conclude , for and . □
Remark 3.
The theorem guarantees a presentation of A in terms of generators and relations through the isomorphism f, i.e.,
This theorem is a method to find out presentations for finitely generated algebras. Nevertheless, we need to choose generators for the algebra and look for relations among them. Furthermore, we must seek for an intermediate -algebra and a linearly independent set of A such that .
In the following sections, we shall apply this method to obtain presentations for some noncommutative bispectral algebras.
3. An Algebra with an Integral Element over a Nilpotent One
In this section, we consider an algebra generated by two elements, one of them nilpotent. The statement of the theorem is as follows.
Theorem 2.
Let be the sub-algebra of of the form
where and all the variables . Then, we have the presentation with the ideal I given by
Proof.
The idea of the proof is to consider a basis for the vector space of polynomials in of degree less or equal to 3 and observe that this basis generates the algebra . After that, we look for remarkable elements on the basis that generate the others and obtain some set of relations. Finally, we verify the hypothesis of Theorem 1 to obtain the proof of the assertion.
Note that is generated by , , , , , , , , .
Moreover, we can eliminate the variables for . In fact, , , , , , , .
Furthermore, we are going to check the presentation using Theorem 1. We begin with some general results before we conclude the proof:
Proposition 1.
Let A be a -algebra. Suppose that is a nilpotent element of degree 2, then
is a linearly independent set over if and only if
is a linearly independent set over .
Proof.
Clearly the condition is sufficient. We consider the expression:
for , .
Multiply by on the right and using that , we obtain:
If we assume that is linearly independent we have and (4) reduces to:
Again, using this assumption we have . With this fact, we obtain the necessity. □
Proposition 2.
Taking the elements and in we obtain that
is a linearly independent set.
Proof.
Note that and . Consider the expression:
Replacing the previous relations, we obtain:
Using the entries of the matrix, we obtain:
Equivalently,
Hence,
Therefore,
Since we have , and
is linearly independent. □
Lemma 1.
Consider the algebra with
then is a system of generators for as a free left R-module, with .
Proof.
Define . We have to see that . It is enough to show that M is invariant under left and right multiplication by and .
- . It is clear, since .
- . In fact, .
- .Since , we haveandFurthermore,Hence,Equivalently,However,Thus,Therefore,This implies that , . Since M is a left R-module, we have .
- .We claim that for every . For is clear. Assume this for some and note that . The claim follows by induction.In particular, . Thus, .Finally, we conclude with the proof of the nice presentation. Definethe previous lemma guarantees the existence of a subalgebra and a system of generators for as a free left R-module. Furthermore, is a monomorphism.Proposition 2 implies that is a linearly independent set over . Consequently, we are under the hypothesis of Theorem 1 and f is an isomorphism.
□
Putting together Lemma 1, Propositions 1 and 2, we conclude the proof of Theorem 2. □
4. An Algebra with Nilpotent and Idempotent Associated Elements
In this section, we consider an algebra generated by two associated elements, one of them nilpotent and the other idempotent. The statement of the theorem is as follows.
Theorem 3.
Let the sub-algebra of of the form
where and all the variables are arbitrary.
Then, we have the presentation with
Proof.
The idea of the proof is to consider a basis for the vector space of polynomials in of degree less or equal to 5 and observe that this basis generates the algebra . After that, we look for remarkable elements on the basis that generate the others and obtain some set of relations. Finally, we verify the hypothesis of the Theorem 1 to obtain proof of the assertion.
Note that is generated by , . Nevertheless, we can eliminate the variables for . In fact, . Furthermore, we are going to check the presentation using Theorem 1. We begin with some general results:
Lemma 2.
Let A be a -algebra. Suppose that is a nilpotent element of degree . Suppose that
is a linearly independent set over . Then, is linearly independent over .
Proof.
Consider the expression
Multiplying by on the right:
However, is linearly independent over . Consequently, for .
Thus, (5) reduces to
Assume that,
Multiplying by on the right:
However, is linearly independent over k. Consequently, for . In consequence
Since the case , was seen we have that for . □
Proposition 3.
Let A be a -algebra. Suppose that is a nilpotent element of degree , then
is a linearly independent set over if and only if
is a linearly independent set over .
Proof.
The sufficiency of the statement is clear. To show the necessity, we consider the expression
where .
We have to see that .
We are going to see that
for some implies that .
For , we have Equation (11). Multiplying by on the left and on the right:
Nevertheless, is linearly independent over . Thus, for .
This reduces (11) to
Multiplying by on the left:
Multiplying by on the right:
Consequently, for . Since is linearly independent over .
This reduces (15) to
However, by Lemma 2, is linearly independent over . Thus, for .
Assume (12) for l and multiply this by on the left:
Multiplying by on the right:
Nevertheless, is linearly independent over . In consequence, for .
Therefore, (18) reduces to:
Multiplying by on the right:
However, is linearly independent over . Consequently, for .
Therefore,
Nevertheless, by Lemma 2, is linearly independent over . Thus, for .
Hence, we obtain (12) for . Then (12) is valid for , i.e., . □
Lemma 3.
Consider the algebra with
then is a system of generators for as a free left R-module, with .
Proof.
Define . We have to see that . It is enough to show that M is invariant under left and right multiplication by and .
- .Since .
- .Since , , for and for . Then .
- .Note that for every , then .
- .Note that for every , then .
- .Note that for and . Then , for every .On the other hand , for all .Furthermore,for all , andfor all .On the other hand , for all . In particular .
□
Finally, we conclude with the proof of the nice presentation. Define
the previous lemma guarantees the existence of a subalgebra and a system of generators for as a free left R-module. Furthermore is a monomorphism.
Since for applying Proposition 3 with , we obtain
is a linearly independent set over .
Putting together Proposition 3, Lemmas 2 and 3 we conclude the proof of Theorem 3. □
5. An Algebra with Two Integral Elements over One Nilpotent and One Idempotent
In this section, we consider an algebra generated by four elements. This algebra is linked to the Spin Calogero–Moser systems whose relation with bispectrality can be found in [17]; see also [24].
We now consider the case when both “eigenvalues” F and are matrix valued. Let
and
then with
On the other hand, it is easy to check that for
and
In this opportunity, we characterize the algebra of all polynomial F such that there exist with .
Theorem 4.
Let be the sub-algebra of of the form
where and all the variables are arbitrary.
Then, we have the presentation with
Proof.
The idea of the proof is to consider a basis for the vector space of polynomials in of degree less or equal to 2 and observe that this basis generates the algebra . After that, we look for remarkable elements in the basis that generate the others and obtain some set of relations. Finally, we verify the hypothesis of Theorem 1 to obtain proof of the assertion.
In order to check the presentation using Theorem 1, we start with a result about the generators of a free -vector space.
Lemma 4.
Consider the -algebra with a central field of characteristic 0 and
Then, is a system of generators for as a free -vector space.
Proof.
Define . We have to see that . It is enough to show that M is invariant under left and right multiplication by and .
- .Note that , . On the other hand , , , for every , , for every , , for every .Furthermore, for every , for every , for every , for every , for every . In particular .
- .Note that , , and imply , hence .On the other hand, , , , for every , for every , for every , for every , for every , for every , for every , for every . In particular .
- .Note that . Since multiplying by on the right we obtain .On the other hand, the equation implies . Putting this equation together with the equationswe obtain:In particular, .Moreover, implies .However, multiplying by on the left we have . Hence, .Moreover, and . On the other hand, , for every , for every . Note that for every and imply for every .Since , we have , for every . Furthermore, , for every and , for every . Nonetheless, then , for every . Note that , for every . Thus .
- .Note that . Furthermore, and , for every and . Moreover, for every , for every . Since , we have for every .On the other hand, for every . Since , we have for every . Since we have for every . Using that , we have . Since , we have . Hence, .
- .Note that . Since and we have .On the other hand, , for every . Since for every and , we have for every . Since , for every , multiplying this equation by on the right , for every . Then, . Since for every , for every .Furthermore, for every and for every . Since for every we have .
- .Note that since . On the other hand, . Moreover, , for every and for every .However, for every and for . Furthermore, for every , for every , for every , for every . Consequently, .
- .Since we have that . Since we have that and . Furthermore, for every , for every . Since for every , for every .On the other hand, for every and for every . Since for every and for every we have that .
- .Note that and . Since we have that . On the other hand implies for every and for every , since . Note that for every and for every . Furthermore, since we have for every and for every .On the other hand, for every and for every . Hence, .
□
In [22], it was proved that the algebra is generated by the elements
In the following proposition, we look for the generators which give us the presentation.
Proposition 4.
Define , , , then is a linearly independent set over .
Proof.
Note that
The second equality is given by an isomorphism of vector spaces sending to the set which is linearly independent because is exactly . □
Finally, we conclude with the proof of the presentation. Define
Lemma 4 guarantees the existence of the system of generators for as a free -vector space. Furthermore, is a monomorphism.
Proposition 4 implies that is a linearly independent set over .
Putting together Lemma 4 and Propositions 4, we conclude the proof of Theorem 4. □
6. Conclusions and Final Comments
In this article, we obtained in Theorem 1 a general result for presentations of finitely generated algebras. The theorem can be used to obtain a complete description in terms of generators and relations since it says when a set of relations is enough to characterize a given finitely generated algebra. As an application, we find nice presentations for matrix bispectral algebras and give positive answers for the conjectures presented in [18].
An important role was played by the Ad-condition due to the fact that the matrix-valued operators were acting from opposite directions, since we can consider these algebras as matrix polynomial.
Another research direction would be to investigate the presentations of the full rank 1 algebras, which by Theorem 1 in [22], are finitely generated. As we saw, the examples given in [18] and worked out here, are finitely presented; however, this is not necessarily true for general non-commutative rings.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, B.D.V.C. and J.P.Z.; Investigation, B.D.V.C. and J.P.Z.; Methodology, B.D.V.C.; Writing—original draft, B.D.V.C. and J.P.Z.; Writing—review & editing, B.D.V.C. and J.P.Z. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
B.V.D.C. was supported by CAPES grants 88882 332418/2019-01 as well as IMPA. J.P.Z. was supported by CNPq grants 302161 and 47408, as well as by FAPERJ under the program Cientistas do Nosso Estado grant E-26/202.927/2017, Brazil. B.D.V.C. and J.P.Z. acknowledge the support from the FSU-2020-09 grant from Khalifa University, UAE.
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Acknowledgments
We acknowledge important discussions with F.A. Grunbaum (UCB).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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