A note on polynomial equations over algebras

Illmer, Maximilian; Netzer, Tim

doi:10.1090/proc/16630

A note on polynomial equations over algebras
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by Maximilian Illmer and Tim Netzer;

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 152 (2024), 1831-1839

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/16630

Published electronically: February 23, 2024

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Abstract:

We provide sufficient conditions for systems of polynomial equations over general (real or complex) algebras to have a solution. This generalizes known results on quaternions, octonions and matrix algebras. We also generalize the fundamental theorem of algebra for quaternions to polynomials with two monomials in the leading form, while showing that it fails for three.

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