The complexnumbers form a central simple algebra over themselves, but not over the real numbers (the centre of is all of , not just ). The quaternions form a 4-dimensional central simple algebra over .
The concept of central simple algebra over a field K represents a noncommutative analogue to that of extension field over K. In both cases, the object has no nontrivial two-sided ideals and has a distinguished field in its centre, although a central simple algebra need not be commutative and need not have inverses (does not have be a division algebra).
1987, Gregory Karpilovsky, The Algebraic Structure of Crossed Products, Elsevier (North-Holland), page 151:
This crossed product was introduced by Noether and played a significant role in the classical theory of central simple algebras.
2007, Falko Lorenz, Algebra: Volume II: Fields with Structure, Algebras and Advanced Topics, Springer, page 151:
2014, Jörg Jahnel, Brauer Groups, Tamagawa Measures, and Rational Points on Algebraic Varieties, American Mathematical Society, page 84:
Let be central simple algebras over a field . Then can be shown to be a central simple algebra over . Further, if is a central simple algebra over a field , then . I.e., it is isomorphic to a matrix algebra.
同意語
CSA(initialism)
上位語
simple algebra
Further reading
Azumaya algebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brauer group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Severi–Brauer variety on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Albert–Brauer–Hasse–Noether theorem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia