Azumaya algebras without involution

DOI10.4171/JEMS/855MaRDI QIDQ1731785zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Asher Auel, Uriya A. First, Ben Williams

Publication date 14 March 2019

Published in Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.06133

zbMATH Keywords

classifying spaceinvolutionBrauer groupAzumaya algebraClifford algebratorsorgeneric division algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brauer groups of schemes (14F22) Rings with involution; Lie, Jordan and other nonassociative structures (16W10) Brauer groups (algebraic aspects) (16K50) Separable algebras (e.g., quaternion algebras, Azumaya algebras, etc.) (16H05) Maps between classifying spaces in algebraic topology (55R37)

Abstract: Generalizing a theorem of Albert, Saltman showed that an Azumaya algebra $A$ over a ring represents a $2$-torsion class in the Brauer group if and only if there is an algebra $A^{\prime }$ in the Brauer class of $A$ admitting an involution of the first kind. Knus, Parimala, and Srinivas later showed that one can choose $A^{\prime }$ such that $mathrmdeg,A^{\prime }=2mathrmdeg,A$. We show that $2mathrmdeg,A$ is the lowest degree one can expect in general. Specifically, we construct an Azumaya algebra $A$ of degree $4$ and period $2$ such that the degree of any algebra $A^{\prime }$ in the Brauer class of $A$ admitting an involution is divisible by $8$. Separately, we provide examples of split and non-split Azumaya algebras of degree $2$ admitting symplectic involutions, but no orthogonal involutions. These stand in contrast to the case of central simple algebras of even degree over fields, where the presence of a symplectic involution implies the existence of an orthogonal involution and vice versa.

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