{ "id": "2105.08000", "version": "v2", "published": "2021-05-17T16:32:37.000Z", "updated": "2022-12-12T12:39:48.000Z", "title": "Polynomial maps and polynomial sequences in groups", "authors": [ "Ya-Qing Hu" ], "comment": "35 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2011.06683", "categories": [ "math.GR", "math.NT" ], "abstract": "This paper develops a theory of polynomial maps from commutative semigroups to arbitrary groups and proves that it has desirable formal properties when the target group is locally nilpotent. We apply this theory to solve Waring's Problem for Heisenberg groups in a sequel to this paper.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2022-12-12T12:39:48.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "20M14", "20F18", "11C08" ], "keywords": [ "polynomial maps", "polynomial sequences", "arbitrary groups", "heisenberg groups", "target group" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 35, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }