Computational Aspects of Polynomial Identities: Volume l, Kemer s Theorems, 2nd Edition presents the underlying ideas in recent polynomial identity (PI)-theory and demonstrates the validity of the proofs of PI-theorems. This edition gives all the details involved in Kemer s proof of Specht s conjecture for affine PI-algebras in characteristic 0.

The book first discusses the theory needed for Kemer s proof, including the featured role of Grassmann algebra and the translation to superalgebras. The authors develop Kemer polynomials for arbitrary varieties as...