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Some Division Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Joseph L. Zemmer*
Affiliation:
University of Missouri
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Let K* be an associative algebra over a field F with identity u, and let u, e1, e2, … , be a basis for K*. Denote by K the linear space, over F, spanned by the ei,i = 1, 2, … . Then for x, y in K, xy = αu + a, where a ∈ K. Define h(x, y) = α and x.y = a. With respect to the operation thus defined, K becomes an algebra over F satisfying

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Further, the bilinear form h(x, y) is associative on K. Any algebra, over a field F, which possesses an associative bilinear form h(x, y) and satisfies (1) will be called a algebra. It is not difficult to show that any algebra K can be obtained from a unique associative algebra K* with identity by the process described above. The algebra K* will be called the associated associative algebra of K.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1959

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