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A note on the Krull dimension of certain algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

B. A. F. Wehrfritz
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School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London. El 4NS
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Abstract. For F a field we compute, explicitly and directly, the right Krull dimension of the algebra QopFQ for certain semisimple Artinian F-algebras Q. (Here Qop denotes the opposite ring of Q.) We use our calculation to give alternative proofs of some theorems of J. T. Stafford and A. I. Lichtman. Our methods involve a detailed study of skew polynomial rings.

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Copyright © University College London 1992

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