The Lower Central Series of the Quotient of a Free Algebra

Lev Kendrick, Gus Lonergan

Let $L_i(R)$ denote the $i^{\text{th}}$ term of the lower central series of an associative algebra $R$, and let $B_i(R)=L_i(R)/L_{i+1}(R)$. We show that $B_2(\mathbb{C}<x, y>/ P)\c…