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Division algebras that ramify only on a plane quartic curve

Algebraic Geometry 2008-01-03 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. We prove that any division algebra over k(x,y) whose ramification locus lies on a quartic curve is cyclic.

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@article{arxiv.math/0410524,
  title  = {Division algebras that ramify only on a plane quartic curve},
  author = {Boris E. Kunyavskii and Louis H. Rowen and Sergey V. Tikhonov and Vyacheslav I. Yanchevskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0410524},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages

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