%0 Journal Article
%T Rota-Baxter algebras and new combinatorial identities
%A Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard
%A Jose M. Gracia-Bondia
%A Frederic Patras
%J Mathematics
%D 2006
%I arXiv
%R 10.1007/s11005-007-0168-9
%X The word problem for an arbitrary associative Rota-Baxter algebra is solved. This leads to a noncommutative generalization of the classical Spitzer identities. Links to other combinatorial aspects, particularly of interest in physics, are indicated.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701031v2