The generating-ideal conjecture for weak polynomial identities of the Weyl algebra

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Let F\mathbb{F} be a field of characteristic zero. The Weyl algebra A1\mathsf{A}_1 is generated by x,yx,y with relation yx=xy+1yx=xy+1, and let V=F-span{x,y}\mathsf{V}=\mathbb{F}\text{-}\operatorname{span}\{x,y\}. Let FX\mathbb{F}\langle X\rangle be the free associative algebra, and let I\mathcal{I} be the L-ideal generated by

Γ3(xi,xj,xk),St3(xi,xj,xk),T4(xi,xj,xk,xl)\Gamma_3(x_i,x_j,x_k),\qquad {\rm St}_3(x_i,x_j,x_k),\qquad T_4(x_i,x_j,x_k,x_l)

for all positive indices. A weak polynomial identity for (A1,V)(\mathsf{A}_1,\mathsf{V}) is an element of FX\mathbb{F}\langle X\rangle vanishing under substitutions from V\mathsf{V} into A1\mathsf{A}_1.

Generating-ideal conjecture. The ideal of all weak polynomial identities for the pair (A1,V)(\mathsf{A}_1,\mathsf{V}) is equal to I\mathcal{I}.

The paper establishes the claim for two variables and for degrees four and five, while the conjecture concerns weak polynomial identities in all numbers of variables and degrees.

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Artem Lopatin, Carlos Arturo Rodriguez Palma and Liming Tang, “Weak polynomial identities of small degree for the Weyl algebra”, arXiv:2402.14799 (2024).

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