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The Extended Center of Coproducts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Wallace S. Martindale 3rd*
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ma 01003
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Abstract

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The sole purpose of this paper is to prove that if R1 and R2 are algebras with 1 over a common field F, with each (Ri:F) > 1 and at least one (Ri:F) > 2, then the extended center of the coproduct R1R2 is equal to F.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1982

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