An extension of the Noether-Skolem theorem (Q800994): Difference between revisions

The classical theorem of Skolem-Noether asserts that two algebra homomorphisms of a simple algebra A into a central simple algebra B are conjugate under an inner automorphism of B. The authors offer the following nice extension of the Skolem-Noether theorem. Let k be a field, let A be a semisimple k-algebra and let B be a separable k-algebra (not necessarily central), A and B finite dimensional over k. Then the number of orbits under the action of the group of inner automorphisms of B on \(Hom_{Alg(k)}(A,B)\) is finite. A similar result holds for separable algebras over a Henselian local ring.