Decomposable and indecomposable algebras of degree 8 and exponent 2.

DOI10.1007/S00209-013-1236-8zbMATH Open1312.16013arXiv1304.2620OpenAlexW2136205669MaRDI QIDQ2454432FDOQ2454432

Authors: Demba Barry 

Publication date: 13 June 2014

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the decomposition of central simple algebras of exponent 2 into tensor products of quaternion algebras. We consider in particular decompositions in which one of the quaternion algebras contains a given quadratic extension. Let $B$ be a biquaternion algebra over $F(sqrta)$ with trivial corestriction. A degree 3 cohomological invariant is defined and we show that it determines whether $B$ has a descent to $F$. This invariant is used to give examples of indecomposable algebras of degree 8 and exponent 2 over a field of 2-cohomological dimension 3 and over a field $mathbbM(t)$ where the $u$-invariant of $mathbbM$ is 8 and $t$ is an indeterminate. The construction of these indecomposable algebras uses Chow group computations provided by A. S. Merkurjev in Appendix.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.2620

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zbMATH Keywords

cohomological dimension\(u\)-invariantcentral simple algebrastensor products of quaternion algebrasindecomposable algebrasdecomposable algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional division rings (16K20) Finite rings and finite-dimensional associative algebras (16P10) Separable algebras (e.g., quaternion algebras, Azumaya algebras, etc.) (16H05)

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