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Generators of simple algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

David Choate
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafeyette, Louisiana 70504, USA.
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Abstract

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It is shovn that simple algebras of characteristic not equal to 2, which contain non-trivial elements that satisfy xn = x for some fixed, minimal integer n > 1, are generated by these elements.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1982

References

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