Height preserving linear transformations on semisimple \(K\)-algebras (Q1363144)

Let \(A\) be a semisimple, commutative, finite \(K\)-algebra, \(K\) a number field. In this paper we study a family of height functions on \(A\) with special regard toward the characterization of height preserving \(K\)-linear transformations. The height functions that we examine are defined as a product over \(M(K)\) (the set of places of \(K\)) of \(v\)-adic norms on the various completions \(A_v= A\otimes K_v\).