Division algebras that ramify only on a plane nodal cubic curve plus a line.
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Division algebras that ramify only on a plane nodal cubic curve plus a line.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1044.16011
published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
publication date: 2004-03-14T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(k\) be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and \(K\) the field of rational functions on the projective plane \(\mathbb{P}[x,y,z]:=\mathbb{P}^2\), where \(x\), \(y\) and \(z\) are commuting indeterminates over \(k\). It is known that then each central division \(K\)-algebra \(\Lambda\) ramifies along a divisor \(D=D_\Lambda\) on \(\mathbb{P}^2\). The paper under review shows that \(\Lambda\) is a symbol \(K\)-algebra of index equal to its exponent, i.e. to the order of the similarity class \([\Lambda]\) in the Brauer group of \(K\), provided that \(D\) is a reducible quartic curve and each irreducible component of \(D\) is birational to the projective line \(\mathbb{P}^1\). The proof of this result in the special case where the irreducible components of \(D\) are simply connected is published in another paper by the author [in Algebr. Represent. Theory 6, No. 5, 501-514 (2003; see the review Zbl 1044.16010 above)]. In the present paper, he considers the remaining case where \(D\) factors into an irreducible nodal cubic plus a line. The proof is obtained by analyzing separately the situation in which the curves are in general position and the alternative one.
reviewed by: Ivan D. Chipchakov
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16K20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16K50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 14C20
zbMATH DE Number: 2056248
zbMATH Keywords: central division algebras
zbMATH Keywords: indices of algebras
zbMATH Keywords: exponents of algebras
zbMATH Keywords: symbol algebras
zbMATH Keywords: ramification divisors
author: Timothy J. Ford
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: j.jpaa.2003.10.015
OpenAlex ID: W1996187825
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cites work: On the Brauer group of a localization
cites work: Q4256372
DOI: 10.1016/J.JPAA.2003.10.015
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