Domokos and Zubor's dimension conjecture for maximal commutative subalgebras of Grassmann algebras

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Let FF be a field of characteristic different from two, and let G(n)G(n) be the Grassmann algebra

G(n)=F[x1,…,xn]/⟨xixj+xjxi∣1≤i,j≤n⟩F.G(n)=F[x_1,\ldots,x_n]/\langle x_ix_j+x_jx_i\mid 1\leq i,j\leq n\rangle_F.

A maximal commutative subalgebra is a commutative subalgebra maximal with respect to inclusion. If n=4k+1n=4k+1 and AA is a maximal commutative subalgebra of G(n)G(n), then Domokos and Zubor's dimension conjecture.

dim⁡(A)≥3⋅2n−2.\dim(A)\geq 3\cdot 2^{n-2}.

For even nn, every maximal commutative subalgebra has dimension 3⋅2n−23\cdot 2^{n-2}, whereas the odd-dimensional case has a less clear structure. The conjecture is refuted by the constructions described in the paper, which produce counterexamples for n=4k+1n=4k+1 with k≥4k\geq 4.

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Ho-Hon Leung, “A remark on commutative subalgebras of Grassmann algebra”, arXiv:1810.08781 (2018).

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