How to compute the Wedderburn decomposition of a finite-dimensional associative algebra

DOI10.1515/gcc.2011.003zbMath1250.16018arXiv1008.2006OpenAlexW2962884332MaRDI QIDQ2882824

Murray R. Bremner

Publication date: 7 May 2012

Published in: Groups – Complexity – Cryptology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.2006

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmsmatrix algebrasrepresentationsradicalstransformation semigroupsWedderburn decompositionsfinite-dimensional associative algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Endomorphism rings; matrix rings (16S50) Finite rings and finite-dimensional associative algebras (16P10) Semigroups of transformations, relations, partitions, etc. (20M20) Structure and classification for modules, bimodules and ideals (except as in 16Gxx), direct sum decomposition and cancellation in associative algebras) (16D70) Representations of associative Artinian rings (16G10) Semigroup rings, multiplicative semigroups of rings (20M25) Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Computational aspects of associative rings (general theory) (16Z05) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to associative rings and algebras (16-04) Representation of semigroups; actions of semigroups on sets (20M30)

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