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We discuss the renormalizability of the noncommutative U(1)Higgs-Kibble model formulated within the enveloping-algebra approach. We consider both the phase of the model with unbroken gauge symmetry and the phase with spontaneously broken gauge symmetry. We show that against all odds the gauge sector of the model is always one-loop renormalizable at first order in theta^{mu nu}, perhaps, hinting at the existence of a new symmetry of the gauge sector of the model. However, we also show that the matter sector of the model is non-renormalizable whatever the phase.

We discuss the renormalizability of the noncommutative U(1)Higgs-Kibble model formulated within the enveloping-algebra approach. We consider both the phase of the model with unbroken gauge symmetry and the phase with spontaneously broken gauge symmetry. We show that against all odds the gauge sector of the model is always one-loop renormalizable at first order in theta^{mu nu}, perhaps, hinting at the existence of a new symmetry of the gauge sector of the model. However, we also show that the matter sector of the model is non-renormalizable whatever the phase.

Divided into three parts, the first marks out enormous geometric issues with the notion of quasi-freenss of an algebra and seeks to replace this notion of formal smoothness with an approximation by means of a minimal unital commutative algebra's smoothness. The second part of this text is then, devoted to the approximating of properties of nc. schemes through the properties of two uniquely determined (classical) schemes estimating the nc. scheme in question in a maximal way from the inside and through the minimal scheme approximating the nc. scheme in question from the outside. The very brief final par of this exposition, aims to understand and distil the properties at work in constructing any "scheme-like" object over an "appropriate" category, purely out of philosophical interest.

We study physical implications of the doubling of the algebra, an essential element in the construction of the noncommutative spectral geometry model, proposed by Connes and his collaborators as offering a geometric explanation for the standard model of strong and electroweak interactions. Linking the algebra doubling to the deformed Hopf algebra, we build Bogogliubov transformations and show the emergence of neutrino mixing.

We prove that every simple higher dimensional noncommutative torus is an AT algebra.

Using the corepresentation of the quantum group $ SL_q(2)$ a general method for constructing noncommutative spaces covariant under its coaction is developed. The method allows us to treat the quantum plane and Podle\'s' quantum spheres in a unified way and to construct higher dimensional noncommutative spaces systematically. Furthermore, we extend the method to the quantum supergroup $ OSp_q(1|2).$ In particular, a one-parameter family of covariant algebras, which may be interpreted as noncommutative superspheres, is constructed.

We present a general conjecture on the divisibility of a certain expression in terms of Kostka numbers and their close variants. This conjecture is closely related to a variant of the period-index problem of noncommutative algebra, with partial implications in both directions. We present a description of the connection between these two problems via Schubert calculus as motivation and evidence for the conjecture before turning to a proof of the conjecture in a family of cases.

We extend the Adler-Manin trace on the algebra of pseudodifferential symbols to a twisted setting.

We consider 10-dimensional super Yang-Mills theory with topological terms compactified on a noncommutative torus. We calculate supersymmetry algebra and derive BPS energy spectra from it. The cases of d-dimensional tori with d=2,3,4 are considered in full detail. SO(d,d|Z)-invariance of the BPS spectrum and relation of new results to the previous work in this direction are discussed.

Various properties of a class of braid matrices, presented before, are studied considering $N^2 \times N^2 (N=3,4,...)$ vector representations for two subclasses. For $q=1$ the matrices are nontrivial. Triangularity $(\hat R^2 =I)$ corresponds to polynomial equations for $q$, the solutions ranging from roots of unity to hyperelliptic functions. The algebras of $L-$ operators are studied. As a crucial feature one obtains $2N$ central, group-like, homogenous quadratic functions of $L_{ij}$ constrained to equality among themselves by the $RLL$ equations. They are studied in detail for $N =3$ and are proportional to $I$ for the fundamental $3\times3$ representation and hence for all iterated coproducts. The implications are analysed through a detailed study of the $9\times 9$ representation for N=3. The Turaev construction for link invariants is adapted to our class. A skein relation is obtained. Noncommutative spaces associated to our class of $\hat R$ are constructed. The transfer matrix map is implemented, with the N=3 case as example, for an iterated construction of noncommutative coordinates starting from an $(N-1)$ dimensional commutative base space. Further possibilities, such as multistate statistical models, are indicated.

We present some methods and results in the application of algebraic geometry and computer algebra to the study of algebraic vector bundles, foliations and zeta functions. A connection of the methods and results with noncommutative geometry will be consider.

We construct the vector space dual to the space of right-invariant differential forms construct from a first order differential calculus on inhomogeneous quantum group. We show that this vector space is equipped with a structure of a Hopf algebra which closes on a noncommutative Lie algebra satisfying a Jacobi identity.

Ideas from deformation quantization are applied to deform the expression of elements of an algebra. Extending these ideas to certain transcendental elements implies that $\frac{1}{i\h}uv$ in the Weyl algebra is naturally viewed as an indeterminate living in a discrete set $\mathbb{N}{+}{1/2}$ {\it or} ${-}(\mathbb{N}{+}{1/2})$ . This may yield a more mathematical understanding of Dirac's positron theory.

We investigate a set of functional equations defining an arbitrary projection in the noncommutative 2-torus algebra A_{\theta}. The exact solutions of those provide various generalisations of the Power-Rieffel projection. By identifying the corresponding K_0 classes we get an insight into the general structure of projections in A_{\theta}.

A physical interpretation of the two-sheeted space, the most fundamental ingredient of noncommutative spectral geometry proposed by Connes as an approach to unification, is presented. It is shown that the doubling of the algebra is related to dissipation and to the gauge structure of the theory, the gauge field acting as a reservoir for the matter field. In a regime of completely deterministic dynamics, dissipation appears to play a key role in the quantization of the theory, according to 't Hooft's conjecture. It is thus argued that the noncommutative spectral geometry classical construction carries implicit in its feature of the doubling of the algebra the seeds of quantization.

We study noncommutative generalizations of such notions of the classical symplectic geometry as degenerate Poisson structure, Poisson submanifold and quotient manifold, symplectic foliation and symplectic leaf for associative Poisson algebras. We consider these structures for the case of the endomorphism algebra of a vector bundle, and give the full description of the family of Poisson structures for this algebra.

We study the spectrum of Hydrogen atom, Lamb shift and Stark effect in the framework of simultaneous space-space and momentum-momentum (s-s, p-p) noncommutative quantum mechanics. The results show that the widths of Lamb shift due to noncommutativity is bigger than the one presented in [1]. We also study the algebras of abservables of systems of identical particles in s-s, p-p noncommutative quantum mechanics. We intoduce $\theta$-deformed $su(2)$ algebra.

We study the spectrum of Hydrogen atom, Lamb shift and Stark effect in the framework of simultaneous space-space and momentum-momentum (s-s, p-p) noncommutative quantum mechanics. The results show that the widths of Lamb shift due to noncommutativity is bigger than the one presented in [1]. We also study the algebras of abservables of systems of identical particles in s-s, p-p noncommutative quantum mechanics. We intoduce $\theta$-deformed $su(2)$ algebra.

Within the context of the twisted Poincar\'e algebra, there exists no noncommutative analogue of the Minkowski space interpreted as the homogeneous space of the Poincar\'e group quotiented by the Lorentz group. The usual definition of commutative classical fields as sections of associated vector bundles on the homogeneous space does not generalise to the noncommutative setting, and the twisted Poincar\'e algebra does not act on noncommutative fields in a canonical way. We make a tentative proposal for the definition of noncommutative classical fields of any spin over the Moyal space, which has the desired representation theoretical properties. We also suggest a way to search for noncommutative Minkowski spaces suitable for studying noncommutative field theory with deformed Poincar\'e symmetries.

Noncommutative field theory on Yang's quantized space-time algebra (YSTA) is studied. It gives a theoretical framework to reformulate the matrix model as quantum mechanics of $D_0$ branes in a Lorentz-covariant form. The so-called kinetic term ($\sim {\hat{P_i}}^2)$ and potential term ($\sim {[\hat{X_i},\hat{X_j}]}^2)$ of $D_0$ branes in the matrix model are described now in terms of Casimir operator of $SO(D,1)$, a subalgebra of the primary algebra $SO(D+1,1)$ which underlies YSTA with two contraction- parameters, $\lambda$ and $R$. $D$-dimensional noncommutative space-time and momentum operators $\hat{X_\mu}$ and $\hat{P_\mu}$ in YSTA show a distinctive spectral structure, that is, space-components $\hat{X_i}$ and $\hat{P_i}$ have discrete eigenvalues, and time-components $\hat{X_0}$ and $\hat{P_0}$ continuous eigenvalues, consistently with Lorentz-covariance. According to the method of Lorentz-covariant Moyal star product proper to YSTA, the field equation of $D_0$ brane on YSTA is derived in a nontrivial form beyond simple Klein-Gordon equation, which reflects the noncommutative space-time structure of YSTA.

The Lie-Rinehart algebra of a manifold M, defined by the Lie structure of the vector fields, their action and their module structure on the infinitely differentiable functions on M, is a common, diffeomorphism invariant, algebra for both classical and quantum mechanics. Its (noncommutative) Poisson universal enveloping algebra contains a central variable Z which relates the commutators to the Lie products; classical and quantum mechanics are its only factorial realizations, corresponding to the indentification of Z with i times the Planck constant. In this form, canonical quantization appears therefore as a consequence of such a general geometrical structure. The regular factorial Hilbert space representations are, for nonzero values of Z, unitarily equivalent, apart from multiplicity, to one of the irreducible quantum representations, which are locally Schroedinger and in one to one correspondence with the unitary irreducible representations of the fundamental group of M. For Z = 0, if Diff(M) is unitarily implemented, they are unitarily equivalent, up to multiplicity, to the representation defined by classical mechanics on M.

In this talk we discuss enveloping algebra based noncommutative gauge field theory, constructed at the first order in noncommutative parameter theta, as an effective, anomaly free theory, with one-loop renormalizable gauge sector. Limits on the scale of noncommutativity parameter Lambda_NC, via related phenomenology and associated experiments, are analyzed and a firm bound to the scale of the noncommutativity is set around few TeV's.

We consider noncommutative gauge theory defined by means of Seiberg-Witten maps for an arbitrary semisimple gauge group. We compute the one-loop UV divergent matter contributions to the gauge field effective action to all orders in the noncommutative parameters $\theta$. We do this for Dirac fermions and complex scalars carrying arbitrary representations of the gauge group. We use path-integral methods in the framework of dimensional regularisation and consider arbitrary invertible Seiberg-Witten maps that are linear in the matter fields. Surprisingly, it turns out that the UV divergent parts of the matter contributions are proportional to the noncommutative Yang-Mills action where traces are taken over the representation of the matter fields; this result supports the need to include such traces in the classical action of the gauge sector of the noncommutative theory.

Let R be the set of isomorphism classes of ideals in the Weyl algebra $A=A_{1}$, and let C be the set of isomorphism classes of triples (V; X, Y), where V is a finite-dimensional (complex) vector space, and X, Y are endomorphisms of V such that [X,Y]+I has rank 1. Following a suggestion of L. Le Bruyn, we define a map $\theta: R \to C$ by appropriately extending an ideal of A to a sheaf over a quantum projective plane, and then using standard methods of homological algebra. We prove that $\theta$ is inverse to a bijection $\omega: C \to R$ constructed in \cite{BW} by a completely different method. The main step in the proof is to show that $\theta$ is equivariant with respect to natural actions of the group G=Aut(A) on R and C: for that we have to study also the extensions of an ideal to certain weighted quantum projective planes. Along the way, we find an elementary description of \theta.

We report the results obtained in the study of Alain Connes noncommutative spectral geometry construction focusing on its essential ingredient of the algebra doubling. We show that such a two-sheeted structure is related with the gauge structure of the theory, its dissipative character and carries in itself the seeds of quantization. From the algebraic point of view, the algebra doubling process has the same structure of the deformed Hops algebra structure which characterizes quantum field theory.

Given a separable unital C*-algebra A, let E denote the Banach-space completion of the A-valued Schwartz space on Rn with norm induced by the A-valued inner product $=\int f(x)^*g(x) dx$. The assignment of the pseudodifferential operator B=b(x,D) with A-valued symbol b(x,\xi) to each smooth function with bounded derivatives b defines an injective mapping O, from the set of all such symbols to the set of all operators with smooth orbit under the canonical action of the Heisenberg group on the algebra of all adjointable operators on the Hilbert module E. It is known that O is surjective if A is commutative. In this paper, we show that, if O is surjective for A, then it is also surjective for the algebra of k-by-k matrices with entries in A.

Field theories on canonical noncommutative spacetimes, which are being studied also in connection with string theory, and on $\kappa$-Minkowski spacetime, which is a popular example of Lie-algebra noncommutative spacetime, can be naturally constructed by introducing a suitable generating functional for Green functions in energy-momentum space. Direct reference to a star product is not necessary. It is sufficient to make use of the simple properties that the Fourier transform preserves in these spacetimes and establish the rules for products of wave exponentials that are dictated by the non-commutativity of the coordinates. The approach also provides an elementary description of "planar" and "non-planar" Feynman diagrams. We also comment on the rich phenomenology emerging from the analysis of these theories.

An extensively tacit understandings of equivalency between the deformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra in noncommutative space and the undeformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra in commutative space is elucidated. Equivalency conditions between two algebras are clarified. It is explored that the deformed algebra related to the undeformed one by a non-orthogonal similarity transformation. Furthermore, non-existence of a unitary similarity transformation which transforms the deformed algebra to the undeformed one is demonstrated. The un-equivalency theorem between the deformed and the undeformed algebras is fully proved. Elucidation of this un-equivalency theorem has basic meaning both in theory and practice.

We define a noncommutative algebra of four basic objects within a differential calculus on quantum groups: functions, 1-forms, Lie derivatives and inner derivations, as the cross-product algebra associated with Woronowicz's (differential) algebra of functions and forms. This definition properly takes into account the Hopf algebra structure of the Woronowicz calculus. It also provides a direct proof of the Cartan identity.

This letter establishes a procedure which can determine an algebra of exotic particles obeying fractional statistics and living in two-dimensional space using a non-commuting coordinates.

For a noncommutative configuration space whose coordinate algebra is the universal enveloping algebra of a finite dimensional Lie algebra, it is known how to introduce an extension playing the role of the corresponding noncommutative phase space, namely by adding the commuting deformed derivatives in a consistent and nontrivial way, therefore obtaining certain deformed Heisenberg algebra. This algebra has been studied in physical contexts, mainly in the case of the kappa-Minkowski space-time. Here we equip the entire phase space algebra with a coproduct, so that it becomes an instance of a completed variant of a Hopf algebroid over a noncommutative base, where the base is the enveloping algebra.

For a noncommutative configuration space whose coordinate algebra is the universal enveloping algebra of a finite dimensional Lie algebra, it is known how to introduce an extension playing the role of the corresponding noncommutative phase space, namely by adding the commuting deformed derivatives in a consistent and nontrivial way, therefore obtaining certain deformed Heisenberg algebra. This algebra has been studied in physical contexts, mainly in the case of the kappa-Minkowski space-time. Here we equip the entire phase space algebra with a coproduct, so that it becomes an instance of a completed variant of a Hopf algebroid over a noncommutative base, where the base is the enveloping algebra.

The Standard Model of particle physics can be deduced from a small number of axioms within Connes' noncommutative geometry (NCG). Boyle and Farnsworth [New J. Phys. 16 (2014) 123027] proposed to interpret Connes' approach as an algebra extension in the sense of Eilenberg. By doing so, they could deduce three axioms of the NCG Standard Model (i.e. order zero, order one and massless photon) from the single requirement that the extended algebra be associative. However, their approach was only applied to the finite algebra and fails the full model. By taking into account the differential graded structure of the algebra of noncommutative differential forms, we obtain a formulation where the same three axioms are deduced from the associativity of the extended differential graded algebra, but which is now also compatible with the full Standard Model. Finally, we present a Lorentzian version of the noncommutative geometry of the Standard Model and we show that the three axioms still hold if the four-dimensional manifold has a Lorentzian metric.

Noncommutative geometry governs the physics of quantum Hall (QH) effects. We introduce the Weyl ordering of the second quantized density operator to explore the dynamics of electrons in the lowest Landau level. We analyze QH systems made of $N$-component electrons at the integer filling factor $\nu=k\leq N$. The basic algebra is the SU(N)-extended W$_{\infty}$. A specific feature is that noncommutative geometry leads to a spontaneous development of SU(N) quantum coherence by generating the exchange Coulomb interaction. The effective Hamiltonian is the Grassmannian $G_{N,k}$ sigma model, and the dynamical field is the Grassmannian $G_{N,k}$ field, describing $k(N-k)$ complex Goldstone modes and one kind of topological solitons (Grassmannian solitons).

In the study of certain noncommutative versions of Minkowski spacetime there is still a large ambiguity concerning the characterization of their symmetries. Adopting as our case study the kappaMinkowski noncommutative space-time, on which a large literature is already available, we propose a line of analysis of noncommutative-spacetime symmetries that relies on the introduction of a Weyl map (connecting a given function in the noncommutative Minkowski with a corresponding function in commutative Minkowski) and of a compatible notion of integration in the noncommutative spacetime. We confirm (and we establish more robustly) previous suggestions that the commutative-spacetime notion of Lie-algebra symmetries must be replaced, in the noncommutative-spacetime context, by the one of Hopf-algebra symmetries. We prove that in kappaMinkowski it is possible to construct an action which is invariant under a Poincare-like Hopf algebra of symmetries with 10 generators, in which the noncommutativity length scale has the role of relativistic invariant. The approach here adopted does leave one residual ambiguity, which pertains to the description of the translation generators, but our results, independently of this ambiguity, are sufficient to clarify that some recent studies (gr-qc/0212128 and hep-th/0301061), which argued for an operational indistiguishability between theories with and without a length-scale relativistic invariant, implicitly assumed that the underlying spacetime would be classical.

Computational Noncommutative Algebra and Applications Author: Jim Byrnes Published by Springer Netherlands ISBN: 978-1-4020-1982-1 DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2307-3 Table of Contents: Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods Four Problems in Radar Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics Quantum/Classical Interface: A Geometric Approach from the Classical Side Pons, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras Clifford Algebras as Unified Language for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs Group Filters and Image Processing A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Sequences, Transforms and Filter Banks Fast Color Wavelet-Haar-Hartley-Prometheus Transforms for Image Processing Selected Problems

From the bicovariant first order differential calculus on inhomogeneous Hopf algebra ${\cal B}$ we construct the set of right-invariant Maurer-Cartan one-forms considered as a right-invariant basis of a bicovariant ${\cal B}$-bimodule over which we develop the Woronowicz's general theory of differential calculus on quantum groups. In this formalism, we introduce suitable functionals on ${\cal B}$ which control the inhomogeneous commutation rules. In particular we find that the homogeneous part of commutation rules between the translations and those between the generators of the homogeneous part of ${\cal B}$ and translations are controled by different R-matrices satisfying nontrivial characteristic equations.

A detailed description of the infinite-dimensional Lie algebra of star-gauge transformations in noncommutative Yang-Mills theory is presented. Various descriptions of this algebra are given in terms of inner automorphisms of the underlying deformed algebra of functions on spacetime, of deformed symplectic diffeomorphisms, of the infinite unitary Lie algebra, and of the algebra of compact operators on a quantum mechanical Hilbert space. The spacetime and string interpretations are also elucidated.

In this paper, we present an infinity-categorical version of the theory of monoidal categories. We show that the infinity category of spectra admits an essentially unique monoidal structure (such that the tensor product preserves colimits in each variable), and thereby recover the classical smash-product operation on spectra. We develop a general theory of algebras in a monoidal infinity category, which we use to (re)prove some basic results in the theory of associative ring spectra. We also develop an infinity-categorical theory of monads, and prove a version of the Barr-Beck theorem.

We examine several algebraic properties of the noncommutive $z$-plane and Riemann surfaces. The starting point of our investigation is a two-dimensional noncommutative field theory, and the framework of the theory will be converted into that of a complex coordinate system. The basis of noncommutative complex analysis is obtained thoroughly, and the considerations on functional analysis are also given before performing the examination of the conformal mapping and the Teichm\"{u}ller theory. (Keywords; Complex Analysis, Riemann Surfaces and Teichm\"{u}ller Space, Functional Analysis, Deformation Quantization, Non-Commutative Geometry, Quantum Groups)

We examine several algebraic properties of the noncommutive $z$-plane and Riemann surfaces. The starting point of our investigation is a two-dimensional noncommutative field theory, and the framework of the theory will be converted into that of a complex coordinate system. The basis of noncommutative complex analysis is obtained thoroughly, and the considerations on functional analysis are also given before performing the examination of the conformal mapping and the Teichm\"{u}ller theory. (Keywords; Complex Analysis, Riemann Surfaces and Teichm\"{u}ller Space, Functional Analysis, Deformation Quantization, Non-Commutative Geometry, Quantum Groups)

We examine several algebraic properties of the noncommutive $z$-plane and Riemann surfaces. The starting point of our investigation is a two-dimensional noncommutative field theory, and the framework of the theory will be converted into that of a complex coordinate system. The basis of noncommutative complex analysis is obtained thoroughly, and the considerations on functional analysis are also given before performing the examination of the conformal mapping and the Teichm\"{u}ller theory. (Keywords; Complex Analysis, Riemann Surfaces and Teichm\"{u}ller Space, Functional Analysis, Deformation Quantization, Non-Commutative Geometry, Quantum Groups)

We generalize the notion, introduced by Henri Cartan, of an operation of a Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ in a graded differential algebra $\Omega$. We define the notion of an operation of a Hopf algebra $\mathcal H$ in a graded differential algebra $\Omega$ which is refered to as a $\mathcal H$-operation. We then generalize for such an operation the notion of algebraic connection. Finally we discuss the corresponding noncommutative version of the Weil algebra: The Weil algebra $W(\mathcal H)$ of the Hopf algebra $\mathcal H$ is the universal initial object of the category of $\mathcal H$-operations with connections.

The differential calculus based on the derivations of an associative algebra underlies most of the noncommutative field theories considered so far. We review the essential properties of this framework and the main features of noncommutative connections in the case of non graded associative unital algebras with involution. We extend this framework to the case of ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$-graded unital involutive algebras. We show, in the case of the Moyal algebra or some related ${\mathbb{Z}}_2$-graded version of it, that the derivation based differential calculus is a suitable framework to construct Yang-Mills-Higgs type models on Moyal (or related) algebras, the covariant coordinates having in particular a natural interpretation as Higgs fields. We also exhibit, in one situation, a link between the renormalisable NC $\phi^4$-model with harmonic term and a gauge theory model. Some possible consequences of this are briefly discussed.

I give a brief summary of the results reported in hep-th 0306013 in collaboration with G. Amelino-Camelia and F. D'Andrea. I focus on the analysis of the symmetries of $\kappa$-Minkowski noncommutative space-time, described in terms of a Weyl map. The commutative space-time notion of Lie-algebra symmetries must be replaced by the one of Hopf-algebra symmetries. However, in the Hopf algebra sense, it is possible to construct an action in $\kappa$-Minkowski which is invariant under a 10-generators Poincar\'e-like symmetry algebra.

We show that a semi-commutative Galois extension of a unital associative algebra can be endowed with the structure of a graded q-differential algebra. We study the first and higher order noncommutative differential calculus of semi-commutative Galois extension induced by the graded q-differential algebra. As an example we consider the quaternions which can be viewed as the semi-commutative Galois extension of complex numbers.

Lorentz covariance is the fundamental principle of every relativistic field theory which insures consistent physical descriptions. Even if the space-time is noncommutative, field theories on it should keep Lorentz covariance. In this letter, it is shown that the field theory on noncommutative spacetime is Lorentz covariant if the noncommutativity emerges from the algebra of spacetime operators described by Doplicher, Fredenhagen and Roberts.

We give new examples of noncommutative manifolds that are less standard than the NC-torus or Moyal deformations of $\Rb^n$. They arise naturally from basic considerations of noncommutative differential topology and have non-trivial global features. The new examples include the instanton algebra and the NC-4-spheres $S^4_{\theta}$. The noncommutative algebras $\Ac=C^{\ify} (S^{4}_{\theta})$ of functions on NC-spheres are solutions to the vanishing, $ {\rm ch}_j (e) = 0, j < 2 $, of the Chern character in the cyclic homology of $\Ac$ of an idempotent $e \in M_4 (\Ac), e^2 = e, e = e^*$. The universal noncommutative space defined by this equation is a noncommutative Grassmanian defined by very non trivial cubic relations. This space ${\rm Gr}$ contains the suspension of a NC-3-sphere intimately related to quantum group deformations ${\rm SU}_q (2)$ of ${\rm SU} (2)$ but for unusual values (complex values of modulus one) of the parameter $q$ of $q$-analogues, $q=\exp (2\pi i \t)$. We then construct the noncommutative geometry of $S_{\t}^4$ as given by a spectral triple $(\Ac, \Hc, D)$ and check all axioms of noncommutative manifolds. The Dirac operator $D$ on the noncommutative 4-spheres $S_{\t}^4$ gives a solution to the basic quartic equation defining the `volume form' $ < (e - {1/2}) [D,e]^4 > = \g_5$, where $

Recently a new kind of approximation to continuum topological spaces has been introduced, the approximating spaces being partially ordered sets (posets) with a finite or at most a countable number of points. The partial order endows a poset with a nontrivial non-Hausdorff topology. Their ability to reproduce important topological information of the continuum has been the main motivation for their use in quantum physics. Posets are truly noncommutative spaces, or {\it noncommutative lattices}, since they can be realized as structure spaces of noncommutative $C^*$-algebras. These noncommutative algebras play the same role of the algebra of continuous functions ${\cal C}(M)$ on a Hausdorff topological space $M$ and can be thought of as algebras of operator valued functions on posets. In this article, we will review some mathematical results that establish a duality between finite posets and a certain class of C$^*$-algebras. We will see that the algebras in question are all postliminal approximately finite dimensional (AF) algebras.

We consider a field theoretical model on the noncommutative cylinder which leads to a discrete-time evolution. Its Euclidean version is shown to be equivalent to a model on the complex $q$-plane. We reveal a direct link between the model on a noncommutative cylinder and the deformed Virasoro algebra constructed earlier on an abstract mathematical background. As it was shown, the deformed Virasoro generators necessarily carry a second index (in addition to the usual one), whose meaning, however, remained unknown. The present field theoretical approach allows one to ascribe a clear meaning to this second index: its origin is related to the noncommutativity of the underlying space-time. The problems with the supersymmetric extension of the model on a noncommutative super-space are briefly discussed.