Symbol p-algebras of prime degree and their p-central subspaces

Abstract: We prove that the maximal dimension of a

p

-central subspace of the generic symbol

p

-algebra of prime degree

p

is

p + 1

. We do it by proving the following number theoretic fact: let

s_{1}, d o t s, s_{p + 1}

be

p + 1

distinct nonzero elements in the additive group

G = (m a t h b b Z / p m a t h b b Z) i m e s (m a t h b b Z / p m a t h b b Z)

; then every nonzero element

g i n G

can be expressed as

d_{1} s_{1} + d o t s + d_{p + 1} s_{p + 1}

for some non-negative integers

d_{1}, d o t s, d_{p + 1}

with

d_{1} + d o t s + d_{p + 1} l e q p - 1

.

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