Brauer factor sets and simple algebras

Louis H. Rowen

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Abstract

It is shown that the Brauer factor set (cijk) of a finite-dimensional division algebra of odd degree n can be chosen such that ciji = ciij =cjii =1 for all i, j and CijkThis implies at once the existence of an element a 0 with tr (a)=tr(a2)=0; the coefficients of xn-1 and xn-2in the characteristic polynomial of a are thus 0. Also one gets a generic division algebra of degree n whose center has transcendence degree n+(n-1)(n-2)/2 as well as a new (simpler) algebra of generic matrices. Equations are given to determine the cyclicity of these algebras, but they may not be tractable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)765-772
Number of pages8
JournalTransactions of the American Mathematical Society
Volume282
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1984

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