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Conjugate polynomials over quadratic algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Timothy Stokes
Affiliation:
University of TasmaniaBox 252C HobartTasmania 7001, Australia
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Abstract

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This paper gives variants of results from classical algebraic geometry and commutative algebra for quadratic algebras with conjugation. Quadratic algebras are essentially two-dimensional algebras with identity over commutative rings with identity, on which a natural operation of conjugation may be defined. We define the ring of conjugate polynomials over a quadratic algebra, and define c-varieties. In certain cases a close correspondence between standard varieties and c-varieties is demonstrated, and we establish a correspondence between conjugate and standard polynomials, which leads to variants of the Hilbert Nullstellensatz if the commutativering is an algebraically closed field. These results may be applied to automated Euclidean geometry theorem proving.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1992

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