Abstract
We consider the class of algebras of rank 4 equipped with a standard involution over an arbitrary base ring. In particular, we characterize quaternion rings, those algebras defined by the construction of the even Clifford algebra.
Received: 2009-07-16
Revised: 2010-03-25
Published Online: 2011-03-15
Published in Print: 2011-August
© Walter de Gruyter Berlin · New York 2011
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- Distribution of algebraic numbers
- Some local-global non-vanishing results of theta lifts for symplectic-orthogonal dual pairs
- Characterizing quaternion rings over an arbitrary base
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- Factoring 3-fold flips and divisorial contractions to curves
- Existence of permanent and breaking waves for the periodic Degasperis–Procesi equation with linear dispersion
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