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Classification of certain types of maximal matrix subalgebras

Rings and Algebras 2017-04-11 v1

Abstract

Let Mn(K)M_n(K) denote the algebra of n×nn \times n matrices over a field KK of characteristic zero. A nonunital subalgebra NMn(K)N \subset M_n(K) will be called a nonunital intersection if NN is the intersection of two unital subalgebras of Mn(K)M_n(K). Appealing to recent work of Agore, we show that for n3n \ge 3, the dimension (over KK) of a nonunital intersection is at most (n1)(n2)(n-1)(n-2), and we completely classify the nonunital intersections of maximum dimension (n1)(n2)(n-1)(n-2). We also classify the unital subalgebras of maximum dimension properly contained in a parabolic subalgebra of maximum dimension in Mn(K)M_n(K).

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@article{arxiv.1704.02437,
  title  = {Classification of certain types of maximal matrix subalgebras},
  author = {John Eggers and Ron Evans and Mark Van Veen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02437},
  year   = {2017}
}

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