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A Quaternionic Nullstellensatz

Rings and Algebras 2020-09-15 v3

Abstract

We prove a Nullstellensatz for the ring of polynomial functions in n non-commuting variables over Hamilton's ring of real quaternions. We also characterize the generalized polynomial identities in n variables which hold over the quaternions, and more generally, over any division algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1911.10595,
  title  = {A Quaternionic Nullstellensatz},
  author = {Gil Alon and Elad Paran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.10595},
  year   = {2020}
}