Skew fields : theory of general division rings
著者
書誌事項
Skew fields : theory of general division rings
（Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications / edited by G.-C. Rota, v. 57）
Cambridge University Press, 1995
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注記
Includes bibliography and author index (p. 478-494), and subject index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Non-commutative fields (also called skew fields or division rings) have not been studied as thoroughly as their commutative counterparts, and most accounts have hitherto been confined to division algebras - that is skew fields finite dimensional over their centre. Based on the author's LMS lecture note volume Skew Field Constructions, the present work offers a comprehensive account of skew fields. The axiomatic foundation, and a precise description of the embedding problem, is followed by an account of algebraic and topological construction methods, in particular, the author's general embedding theory is presented with full proofs, leading to the construction of skew fields. The powerful coproduct theorem of G. M. Bergman is proved here, as well as the properties of the matrix reduction functor, a useful but little-known construction providing a source of examples and counter-examples. The construction and basic properties of existentially closed skew fields are given, leading to an example of a model class with an infinite forcing companion which is not axiomatizable.
目次
- Preface
- From the preface to Skew Field Constructions
- Note to the reader
- Prologue
- 1. Rings and their fields of fractions
- 2. Skew polynomial rings and power series rings
- 3. Finite skew field extensions and applications
- 4. Localization
- 5. Coproducts of fields
- 6. General skew fields
- 7. Rational relations and rational identities
- 8. Equations and singularities
- 9. Valuations and orderings on skew fields
- Standard notations
- List of special notations used throughout the text
- Bibliography and author index
- Subject index.
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