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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 765-772 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Transactions of the American Mathematical Society |
Volume | 282 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1984 |