On constructing deformations of noncommutative algebras

Abstract

This paper presents a method for constructing flat deformations of associative algebras. We will refer to this method as method two because it is a generalisation of the method obtained in [1]. The deformations obtained using the first two methods are of polynomial type. We also present a third method, for the construction of deformations from N to A, for a semisimple algebra A. As an applied example, we answer a question posed by Michael Wemyss on deformations of Acons.