On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings

The purposes of the present paper are (1) to give a necessary and sufficient condition for the uniqueness of the separable idempotent for a separable group ring extension RG(R may be a non-commutative ring), and (2) to give a full description of the set of separable idempotents for a quaternion ring...

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Main Author: George Szeto
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1978-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171278000435
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description The purposes of the present paper are (1) to give a necessary and sufficient condition for the uniqueness of the separable idempotent for a separable group ring extension RG(R may be a non-commutative ring), and (2) to give a full description of the set of separable idempotents for a quaternion ring extension RQ over a ring R, where Q are the usual quaternions i,j,k and multiplication and addition are defined as quaternion algebras over a field. We shall show that RG has a unique separable idempotent if and only if G is abelian, that there are more than one separable idempotents for a separable quaternion ring RQ, and that RQ is separable if and only if 2 is invertible in R.
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spelling doaj-art-bd9bea076de94e8cab487afe4bec9c642025-08-20T02:19:11ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04251978-01-011443343810.1155/S0161171278000435On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion ringsGeorge Szeto0Mathematics Department, Bradley University, Peoria 61625, Illinois, USAThe purposes of the present paper are (1) to give a necessary and sufficient condition for the uniqueness of the separable idempotent for a separable group ring extension RG(R may be a non-commutative ring), and (2) to give a full description of the set of separable idempotents for a quaternion ring extension RQ over a ring R, where Q are the usual quaternions i,j,k and multiplication and addition are defined as quaternion algebras over a field. We shall show that RG has a unique separable idempotent if and only if G is abelian, that there are more than one separable idempotents for a separable quaternion ring RQ, and that RQ is separable if and only if 2 is invertible in R.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171278000435group ringsidempotents in ringsseparable algebras.
spellingShingle George Szeto
On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
group rings
idempotents in rings
separable algebras.
title On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
title_full On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
title_fullStr On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
title_full_unstemmed On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
title_short On separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
title_sort on separable extensions of group rings and quaternion rings
topic group rings
idempotents in rings
separable algebras.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171278000435
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