Conditions satisfied by characteristic polynomials in fields and division algebras

DOI10.1016/S0022-4049(01)00009-3zbMATH Open0998.12003arXivmath/0002176WikidataQ117378069 ScholiaQ117378069MaRDI QIDQ5956876FDOQ5956876

Authors: Zinovy Reichstein, B. Youssin 

Publication date: 7 July 2002

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suppose E/F is a field extension. We ask whether or not there exists an element of E whose characteristic polynomial has one or more zero coefficients in specified positions. We show that the answer is frequently ``no. We also prove similar results for division algebras and show that the universal division algebra of degree n does not have an element of trace 0 and norm 1.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0002176

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zbMATH Keywords

characteristic polynomialcentral simple algebrafield extension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Polynomials in general fields (irreducibility, etc.) (12E05) Skew fields, division rings (12E15) Equations in general fields (12E12)

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