Division algebras and the Hausdorff-Banach-Tarski paradox

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Authors Pierre Deligne, Dennis Sullivan

Publication date 1983

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

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic number fieldaxiom of choiceBrauer groupdivision algebrasfree action on spheresfree groupHausdorff- Banach-Tarski paradoxHopf's index theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiom of choice and related propositions (03E25) Quadratic extensions (11R11) Division rings and semisimple Artin rings (16Kxx) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

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• Equations in simple matrix groups: algebra, geometry, arithmetic, dynamics.
• Word equations in simple groups and polynomial equations in simple algebras.
• Equations in simple Lie algebras

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