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Differential Galois Groups of Differential Central Simple Algebras and their Projective Representations

Rings and Algebras 2024-02-27 v1

Abstract

Let FF be a δ\delta-field (differential field) of characteristic zero with an algebraically closed field of constants FδF^\delta, AA be a δF\delta-F-central simple algebra, KK be a Picard-Vessiot extension for the δF\delta-F-module AA and G(KF)\mathscr G(K|F) be the δ\delta-Galois group of KK over F.F. We prove that a δ\delta-field extension LL of F,F, having FδF^\delta as its field of constants, splits the δF\delta-F-central simple algebra AA if and only if the δ\delta-field KK embeds in L.L. We then extend the theory of δF\delta-F-matrix algebras over a δ\delta-field F,F, put forward by Magid & Juan (2008), to arbitrary δF\delta-F-central simple algebras. In particular, we establish a natural bijective correspondence between the isomorphism classes of δF\delta-F-central simple algebras of dimension n2n^2 over FF that are split by the δ\delta-field KK and the classes of inequivalent representations of the algebraic group G(KF)\mathscr G(K|F) in PGLn(Fδ).\mathrm{PGL}_n(F^\delta). We show that G(KF)\mathscr G(K|F) is a reductive or a solvable algebraic group if and only if AA has certain kinds of δ\delta-right ideals.

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@article{arxiv.2402.16093,
  title  = {Differential Galois Groups of Differential Central Simple Algebras and their Projective Representations},
  author = {Manujith K. Michel and Varadharaj R. Srinivasan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.16093},
  year   = {2024}
}