Prépublication d'Orsay numéro 68 (27/10/1998)

ON AN ARTICLE BY W. MAGNUS ON THE FRICKE CHARACTERS OF FREE GROUPS.
PEYRIERE,Jacques - Analyse Harmonique, Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 425, 91405 Orsay cedex



Mots Clés : PI algebra, Matrix identities, Fricke characters.

Classification MSC : 16R30; 15A24; 15A30; 20G05.

Abstract :
Another way of deriving the structure of the ring of Fricke characters of free groups and a classification of unitary and associative algebras over an arbitrary field with elements having a minimal polynomial of degree at most 2 are given.


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Contact : Jacques.Peyriere@math.u-psud.fr