TY - JOUR
T1 - All dihedral division algebras of degree five are cyclic
AU - Matzri, Eliyahu
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - In 1982 Rowen and Saltman proved that every division algebra which is split by a dihedral extension of degree 2n of the center, n odd, is in fact cyclic. The proof requires roots of unity of order n in the center. We show that for n = 5, this assumption can be removed. It then follows that 5Br(F), the 5-torsion part of the Brauer group, is generated by cyclic algebras, generalizing a result of Merkurjev (1983) on the 2 and 3 torsion parts.
AB - In 1982 Rowen and Saltman proved that every division algebra which is split by a dihedral extension of degree 2n of the center, n odd, is in fact cyclic. The proof requires roots of unity of order n in the center. We show that for n = 5, this assumption can be removed. It then follows that 5Br(F), the 5-torsion part of the Brauer group, is generated by cyclic algebras, generalizing a result of Merkurjev (1983) on the 2 and 3 torsion parts.
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U2 - 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09310-6
DO - 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09310-6
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SN - 0002-9939
VL - 136
SP - 1925
EP - 1931
JO - Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
JF - Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
IS - 6
ER -