Sur les groupes multiplicatifs des corps (Q4029233)

Let \(D\) be a (skew) field, \(L\) a subfield and \(N\) the normalizer of the multiplicative group \(L^ \times\) in \(D^ \times\). Further write \(\overline{N}\) for the subring generated by \(N\) and \(K\) for the centralizer of \(L\) in \(D\). The author shows that the index \((N:L^ \times)\) is finite if and only if (i) \(K\subseteq L\) or \(K\) is a finite field and (ii) \([\overline{N}:L]<\infty\). When these conditions hold, then \((N:L^ \times)[K:K\cap L]=[\overline{N}:L](K^ \times:(K\cap L)^ \times)\). The situation is illustrated by some examples and as an application another proof is given that every pseudolinear extension with zero derivation can be obtained as a central extension followed by a binomial extension [cf. \textit{P. M. Cohn}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., III. Ser. 11, 531-556 (1961; Zbl 0104.033)].