Free product of associative algebras

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Algebraic structure → Ring theory Ring theory
Basic concepts Rings • Subrings • Ideal • Quotient ring • Fractional ideal • Total ring of fractions • Product of rings • Free product of associative algebras • Tensor product of algebras Ring homomorphisms • Kernel • Inner automorphism • Frobenius endomorphism Algebraic structures • Module • Associative algebra • Graded ring • Involutive ring • Category of rings • Initial ring $\mathbb {Z}$ • Terminal ring $0=\mathbb {Z} /1\mathbb {Z}$ Related structures • Field • Finite field • Non-associative ring • Lie ring • Jordan ring • Semiring • Semifield
Commutative algebra Commutative rings • Integral domain • Integrally closed domain • GCD domain • Unique factorization domain • Principal ideal domain • Euclidean domain • Field • Finite field • Composition ring • Polynomial ring • Formal power series ring Algebraic number theory • Algebraic number field • Ring of integers • Algebraic independence • Transcendental number theory • Transcendence degree p-adic number theory and decimals • Direct limit/Inverse limit • Zero ring $\mathbb {Z} /1\mathbb {Z}$ • Integers modulo pⁿ $\mathbb {Z} /p^{n}\mathbb {Z}$ • Prüfer p-ring $\mathbb {Z} (p^{\infty })$ • Base-p circle ring $\mathbb {T}$ • Base-p integers $\mathbb {Z}$ • p-adic rationals $\mathbb {Z} [1/p]$ • Base-p real numbers $\mathbb {R}$ • p-adic integers $\mathbb {Z} _{p}$ • p-adic numbers $\mathbb {Q} _{p}$ • p-adic solenoid $\mathbb {T} _{p}$ Algebraic geometry • Affine variety
Noncommutative algebra Noncommutative rings • Division ring • Semiprimitive ring • Simple ring • Commutator Noncommutative algebraic geometry Free algebra Clifford algebra • Geometric algebra Operator algebra
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In algebra, the free product (coproduct) of a family of associative algebras $A_{i},i\in I$ over a commutative ring R is the associative algebra over R that is, roughly, defined by the generators and the relations of the $A_{i}$ 's. The free product of two algebras A, B is denoted by A ∗ B. The notion is a ring-theoretic analog of a free product of groups.

In the category of commutative R-algebras, the free product of two algebras (in that category) is their tensor product.