Goodearl's conjecture on Jacobson radicals of affine algebras of GK-dimension 2

Let RR be an associative algebra over a field K{\mathbb K} generated by a finite-dimensional subspace, so that RR is an affine algebra. Its Gelfand–Kirillov dimension measures the growth of the dimensions of powers of a finite-dimensional generating subspace. The Jacobson radical J(R)J(R) is the largest ideal of RR all of whose elements are quasi-regular, where an element xx is quasi-regular if there exists yRy\in R such that x+y+xy=0x+y+xy=0. An ideal is nil if each of its elements is nilpotent.

Goodearl's conjecture. If RR is an affine algebra of GK-dimension 22, then its Jacobson radical J(R)J(R) is nil.

This conjecture concerns the expected structural restrictions on affine algebras of low finite Gelfand–Kirillov dimension, relating growth to the behavior of the Jacobson radical. The supplied source does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Agata Smoktunowicz and Laurent Bartholdi, “On a conjecture of Goodearl: Jacobson radical non-nil algebras of Gelfand-Kirillov dimension 2”, arXiv:1102.2697 (2011).

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