ABSTRACT

A comprehensive study of the main research done in polynomial identities over the last 25 years, including Kemer's solution to the Specht problem in characteristic O and examples in the characteristic p situation. The authors also cover codimension theory, starting with Regev's theorem and continuing through the Giambruno-Zaicev exponential rank. T

chapter 1|40 pages

Basic Results

chapter 2|38 pages

Affine Pl-algebras

chapter 3|16 pages

T-ldeals and Relatively Free Algebras

chapter 4|46 pages

Specht's Problem in the Affine Case

chapter 6|32 pages

Superidentities and Kemer's Main Theorem

chapter 7|34 pages

Pl-Algebras in Characteristic p

chapter 8|10 pages

Recent Structural Results

chapter 10|12 pages

More Representation Theory

chapter 11|14 pages

Unified Theory of Identities

chapter 12|16 pages

Trace Identities

chapter 13|34 pages

Exercises

chapter 14|12 pages

Lists of Theorems and Examples

chapter 15|4 pages

Some Open Questions