In which dimensions does a division algebra over a given ground field exist?

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Authors Erik Darpö, Ernst Dieterich, Martin Herschend

Publication date 13 February 2007

Published in L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

division algebrasreal closed fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonassociative division algebras (17A35) Composition algebras (17A75)

Review text

Let, for a field \(k\), \(N(k)\) denote the set of all natural numbers \(n\) such that a division algebra (not necessarily associative) of dimension \(n\) over \(k\) exists. It is proved that if \(k\) is algebraically closed, \(N(k)=\{1\}\). It is shown that if \(k\) is real closed, then \(N(k)=\{1,2,4,8\}\) and \(N(k)\) is unbounded if \(k\) is neither algebraically closed nor real closed.

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