Signatures of hermitian forms, positivity, and an answer to a question of Procesi and Schacher

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2018.05.004zbMATH Open1440.16018arXiv1511.06330OpenAlexW2963020935WikidataQ129868638 ScholiaQ129868638MaRDI QIDQ1643545FDOQ1643545

Vincent Astier, Thomas Unger

Publication date: 19 June 2018

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the theory of signatures of hermitian forms over algebras with involution, developed by us in earlier work, we introduce a notion of positivity for symmetric elements and prove a noncommutative analogue of Artin's solution to Hilbert's 17th problem, characterizing totally positive elements in terms of weighted sums of hermitian squares. As a consequence we obtain an earlier result of Procesi and Schacher and give a complete answer to their question about representation of elements as sums of hermitian squares.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.06330

zbMATH Keywords

involutionpositivitysignaturecentral simple algebraformally real fieldhermitian formsum of hermitian squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Bilinear and Hermitian forms (11E39) Real algebra (13J30)

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• Positive cones on algebras with involution
• On the sign characteristic of Hermitian linearizations in \(\mathbb{DL}(P)\)
• Bennequin’s inequality and the positivity of the signature

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