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Azumaya algebras and Barr Theorem

Commutative Algebra 2026-03-03 v4 Logic

Abstract

We study etale topology and the notion of Azumaya algebra over a commutative ring constructively. As an application of the syntactic version of Barr's Theorem, we show the equivalence between two definitions of Azumaya algebra.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2306.17679,
  title  = {Azumaya algebras and Barr Theorem},
  author = {Thierry Coquand and Henri Lombardi and Stefan Neuwirth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.17679},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Change title and corrected typos

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