On genus of division algebras (Q2222924)

Given a central division algebra \(D\) over a field \(F\), one can study \(D\) via its different maximal subfields. These subfields do not determine \(D\), as was observed by several different people, except for very special cases (such as quaternion algebras over global fields). The goal of the paper under discussion is to provide examples of quaternion division algebras \(Q_1\) and \(Q_2\) which have the same set of (ismorphism classes of) maximal subfields, while \(M_n(Q_1)\) and \(M_n(Q_2)\) do not have the same set of maximal subfields for any \(n>1\). The author also constructs for any \(n>1\) an example of a division algebra \(C\) of degree \(n\) and quaternion division algebras \(Q_1\) and \(Q_2\) such that \(Q_1\) and \(Q_2\) share the same set of maximal subfields, but \(Q_1 \otimes C\) and \(Q_2 \otimes C\) do not. The author focuses on the case of \(\operatorname{char}(F)\neq 2\).