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In this thesis, we introduce and study hom-associative Ore extensions. These are non-unital, non-associative, non-commutative polynomial rings in which the associativity condition is “twisted” by an additive group homomorphism. In particular, they are examples of hom-associative algebras, and they generalize the classical non-commutative polynomial rings introduced by Ore known as Ore extensions to the non-unital, hom-associative setting. At the same time, when the twisted associativity condition is null, they also generalize to the general non-unital, non-associative setting. We deduce necessary and sufficient conditions for hom-associative Ore extensions to exist, and construct concrete examples thereof. These include hom-associative generalizations of the quantum plane, the universal enveloping algebra of the two-dimensional non-abelian Lie algebra, and the first Weyl algebra, to name a few. The aforementioned algebras turn out to be formal hom-associative deformations of their associative counterparts, the latter two which cannot be formally deformed in the associative setting. Moreover, these are all weakly unital algebras, and we provide a way of embedding any multiplicative, non-unital hom-associative algebra into a multiplicative, weakly unital hom-associative algebra. This generalizes the classical unitalization of non-unital, associative algebras. We then study the hom-associative Weyl algebras in arbitrary characteristic, classify them up to isomorphism, and in the zero characteristic case, we prove that an analogue of the Dixmier conjecture is true. We also study hom-modules over hom-associative rings, and by doing so, we are able to prove a Hilbert's basis theorem for hom-associative Ore extensions. Our theorem includes as special cases both the classical Hilbert's basis theorem for Ore extensions and a Hilbert's basis theorem for unital, non-associative Ore extensions. Last, we construct examples of both hom-associative and non-associative Ore extensio

We prove a hom-associative version of Hilbert’s basis theorem, which includes as special cases both a non-associative version and the classical Hilbert’s basis theorem for associative Ore extensions. Along the way, we develop hom-module theory. We conclude with some examples of both non-associative and hom-associative Ore extensions which are all noetherian by our theorem., open access

We introduce the first hom-associative Weyl algebras over a field of prime characteristic as a generalization of the first associative Weyl algebrain prime characteristic. First, we study properties of hom-associative algebras constructed from associative algebras by a general “twisting” procedure. Then, with the help of these results, we determine the commuter, center, nuclei, and set of derivations of the first hom-associative Weyl algebras. We also classify them up to isomorphism, and show, among other things, that all nonzero endomorphisms on them are injective, but not surjective. Last, we show that they can be described as a multi-parameter formal hom-associative deformation of the first associative Weyl algebra, and that this deformation induces a multi-parameter formal hom-Lie deformation of the corresponding Lie algebra, when using the commutator as bracket.

Algebra is often introduced as arithmetic done with letters. In this article, we follow this analogy and see where it takes us. We ask questions such as: If "SNAPE = SNAKE", can we conclude that "P = K"? Here is the spoiler: the path takes us into what mathematicians call group theory, a subfield of algebra that studies symmetry, and allows us to say interesting things about various languages like English and Swedish (and one very important fact about algebra itself).

In these notes, we introduce formal hom-associative deformations of the quantumplanes and the universal enveloping algebras of the two-dimensional non-abelian Lie algebras.We then show that these deformations induce formal hom-Lie deformations of the correspondingLie algebras constructed by using the commutator as bracket.

We introduce hom-associative Ore extensions as non-associative, non-unital Ore extensions with a hom-associative multiplication, as well as give some necessary and sufficient conditions when such exist. Within this framework, we also construct a family of hom-associative Weyl algebras as generalizations of the classical analogue, and prove that they are simple.

We introduce hom-associative Ore extensions as non-unital, nonassociative Ore extensions with a hom-associative multiplication, and give some necessary and sucient conditions when such exist. Within this framework, we construct families of hom-associative quantum planes, universal enveloping algebras of a Lie algebra, and Weyl algebras, all being hom-associative generalizations of their classical counterparts, as well as prove that the latter are simple. We also provide a way of embedding any multiplicative hom-associative algebra into a multiplicative, weakly unital hom-associative algebra, which we call a weak unitalization.

We introduce hom-associative versions of the higher order Weylalgebras, generalizing the construction of the first hom-associative Weyl alge-bras. We then show that the higher order hom-associative Weyl algebras aresimple, and that all their one-sided ideals are principal.

We introduce and study flipped non-associative polynomial ringswhich all Cayley–Dickson algebras naturally appear as quotients of. In particu-lar, this extends the classical construction of the complex numbers (and quater-nions) as a quotient of a (skew) polynomial ring to the octonions, and beyond.We also extend some classical results on algebraic properties of Cayley–Dicksonalgebras by McCrimmon to a class of flipped non-associative polynomial rings.

We introduce non-associative skew Laurent polynomial rings over unital, non-associative rings and prove simplicity results for these. We also generalize an already existing Hilbert’s basis theorem for non-associative Ore extensions and show that it implies a Hilbert’s basis theorem for non-associative skew Laurent polynomial rings. Moreover, we show that the above theorem can be extended to non-associative generalizations of both skew power series rings and skew Laurent series rings. We provide several examples to illustrate the applications of our results.