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Smooth geometry of diffusion algebras
Andrés Rubiano and Armando Reyes

Volume 69, no. 1 (2026), pp. 337–372    

Published online (final version): April 12, 2026

https://doi.org/10.33044/revuma.5479

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Abstract

We establish sufficient conditions to assert the differential smoothness of diffusion algebras on $n$ generators introduced by Isaev et al. [J. Phys. A 34 (2001), pp. 5815–5834]. We present a detailed list of these algebras on four and five generators to illustrate the obtained results.

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