Growth functions of lie algebras associated with associative algebras

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a finitely generated associative algebra over a field [Formula: see text] of characteristic [Formula: see text] and let [Formula: see text] be its associated Lie algebra. In this paper, we investigate relations between the growth functions of [Formula: see text] and the Lie algebra [Formula: see text]. We prove that if A is generated by a finite collection of nilpotent elements, then the growth functions are asymptotically equivalent.