Throughout this paper, R is an associative ring; andN ,C,C(R), and J denote, respectively, the set of nilpotent elements, the center, the commutator ideal, and the Jacobson radical. An element x of R is called potent if xn = x for some positive integer n= n(x) > 1. A ring R is called periodic if for every x in R, xm = xn for some distinct positive integersm=m(x), n = n(x). A ring R is called we...

This article provides a complete description of the differential Gerstenhaber algebras of all nilpotent complex structures on any real six-dimensional nilpotent algebra. As an application, we classify all pseudo-Kählerian complex structures on six-dimensional nilpotent algebras such that the differential Gerstenhaber algebra of its complex structure is quasi-isomorphic to that of its symplectic...

Gromov proposed an averaged version of the Dehn function and claimed that in many cases it should be subasymptotic to the Dehn function. Using results on random walks in nilpotent groups, we confirm this claim for most nilpotent groups. In particular, if a nilpotent group satisfies the isoperimetric inequality δ(l) < Clα for α > 2 then it satisfies the averaged isoperimetric inequality δ(l) < C...

Scmicomplctc nilpotcnt groups, that is, nilpotent groups with no outer automorphisms, have been of interest for many years. In this paper pscudocomplete nilpotent groups, that is, nilpotent groups in which the automorphism group and the inner automorphism group arc isomorphic (not equal), are constructed. When suitable conditions are placed on the pseudocomplete nilpotent group, the quotient of...

Let G be a connected, linear semisimple Lie group with Lie algebra g, and let KC → Aut(pC ) be the complexified isotropy representation at the identity coset of the corresponding symmetric space. The Kostant-Sekiguchi correspondence is a bijection between the nilpotent KC -orbits in pC and the nilpotent G-orbits in g. We show that this correspondence associates each spherical nilpotent KC -orbi...

We describe a new order-theoretic property of the commutator for finite algebras. As a corollary we show that any right nilpotent congruence on a finite algebra is left nilpotent. The result is false for infinite algebras and the converse is false even for finite algebras. We show further that any solvable E-minimal algebra is left nilpotent, any finite algebra whose congruence lattice contains...

In this paper we study degenerations of nilpotent Lie algebras. If λ, μ are two points in the variety of nilpotent Lie algebras, then λ is said to degenerate to μ , λ→deg μ , if μ lies in the Zariski closure of the orbit of λ . It is known that all degenerations of nilpotent Lie algebras of dimension n < 7 can be realized via a one-parameter subgroup. We construct degenerations between characte...

the zero-divisor graph of a commutative ring r with respect to nilpotent elements is a simple undirected graph $gamma_n^*(r)$ with vertex set z_n(r)*, and two vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if xy is nilpotent and xy is nonzero, where z_n(r)={x in r: xy is nilpotent, for some y in r^*}. in this paper, we investigate the basic properties of $gamma_n^*(r)$. we discuss when it will be eu...

We associate a graph NG with a group G (called the non-nilpotent graph of G) as follows: take G as the vertex set and two vertices are adjacent if they generate a non-nilpotent subgroup. In this paper we study the graph theoretical properties of NG and its induced subgraph on G\nil(G), where nil(G) = {x ∈ G | 〈x, y〉 is nilpotent for all y ∈ G}. For any finite group G, we prove that NG has eithe...