The notion of a tensor product of topological groups and modules is important in theory of topological groups, algebraic number theory. The tensor product of compact zero-dimensional modules over a pseudocompact algebra was introduced in [B] and for the commutative case in [GD], [L]. The notion of a tensor product of abelian groups was introduced in [H]. The tensor product of modules over commu...

Let F be the category of finite dimensional representations of an arbitrary quantum affine algebra. We prove that a tensor product S1⊗· · ·⊗SN of simple objects of F is simple if and only if for any i < j, Si ⊗ Sj is simple.

Let k be a commutative ring. E∞ k-algebras are associative and commutative k-algebras up to homotopy, as codified in the action of an E∞ operad; A∞ k-algebras are obtained by ignoring permutations. Using a particularly well-behaved E∞ algebra, we explain an associative and commutative operadic tensor product that effectively hides the operad: an A∞ algebra or E∞ algebra A is defined in terms of...