A PI-algebra which is not PI when an inverse is adjoined
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- by Robert A. Indik PDF
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Abstract:
An example is produced of an algebra, embedded in $2 \times 2$ matrices over a field, which is not PI when an element’s inverse is formally adjoined. This example is used to show that the generic $2 \times 2$ matrices, a domain, has the same property.References
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- © Copyright 1979 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 76 (1979), 11-13
- MSC: Primary 16A38
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1979-0534379-6
- MathSciNet review: 534379