The Burau representation is not faithful for .
Let be a Krull monoid with finite class group such that every class contains a prime divisor (for example, a ring of integers in an algebraic number field or a holomorphy ring in an algebraic function field). The catenary degree of is the smallest integer with the following property: for each and each two factorizations of , there exist factorizations of such that, for each , arises from by replacing at most atoms from by at most new atoms. Under a very mild condition...
We study properties of Steiner loops which are of fundamental importance to develop a combinatorial theory of loops along the lines given by Combinatorial Group Theory. In a summary we describe our findings.
We compute the central heights of the full stability groups of ascending series and of descending series of subspaces in vector spaces over fields and division rings. The aim is to develop at least partial right analogues of results on left Engel elements and related nilpotent radicals in such proved recently by Casolo & Puglisi, by Traustason and by the current author. Perhaps surprisingly, while there is an absolute bound on these central heights for descending series, for ascending series...