Monday, April 22, 2019

Dr. Gordon Swain on Study Leave Spring 2019



Dr. Gordon Swain was on study leave during the spring 2019 semester. During that time, he has been working on answering the following problem, ““Suppose the equation f 1 (x)yg 1 (z)+ f 1 (x)zg 2 (y)+ f 2 (y)xg 1 (z)+ f 2 (y)zg 3 (x)+ f 3 (z)xg 2 (y)+ f 3 (z)yg 3 (x)=0 for all elements x,y,z in a given prime ring. What does this imply about the functions f i and g j and about the prime ring itself?” The aim is to show that if the functions are non-trivial, then they have a ‘linear’ form, and the ring is very similar to a matrix ring.

While researching, he stayed in Ashland. He did come to his office from time to time and still completed duties within the department.

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