Colloquium Talk:  Prof. Louis Rowen, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

                          "Rings with Polynomial Identity: An overview"

Thursday, February 9, at 4:30 PM Room EA 160

Abstract:

This is a general survey talk about some major aspects of PI-theory,

with emphasis on some recent combinatoric proofs. Topics include:

Central polynomials, the ubiquitous Grassman algebra, Shirshov's

theorem, representable algebras, and Specht's problem.