The images of non-commutative polynomials evaluated on $2\times 2$ matrices

Abstract

Let $p$ be a multilinear polynomial in several non-commuting variables with coefficients in a quadratically closed field $K$ of any characteristic. It has been conjectured that for any $n$, the image of $p$ evaluated on the set $M_n(K)$ of $n$ by $n$ matrices is either zero, or the set of scalar matrices, or the set $s{l}_n(K)$ of matrices of trace 0, or all of $M_n(K)$. We prove the conjecture for $n=2$.

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