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Extension of derivations to forms

Rings and Algebras 2025-04-09 v1

Abstract

The problem of extending derivations of a field FF to an FF-algebra BB is widely studied in commutative algebra and non-commutative ring theory. For example, every derivation of FF extends to BB if BB is a separable algebraic extension or a central simple algebra over F.F. We unify and generalize these results by showing that a derivation dd of FF with the field of constants CC extends to a finite dimensional algebra BB if BB is a form of some CC-algebra having a smooth automorphism scheme G\rm G. Furthermore, we show that the set of derivations of BB that extend the derivation dd of FF is in bijection with the set of derivations δ\delta such that (Y,δ)(Y,\delta) is a differential GF\rm G_F-torsor where YY is the GF\rm G_F-torsor corresponding to BB.

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@article{arxiv.2504.05969,
  title  = {Extension of derivations to forms},
  author = {Manujith K. Michel and Chitrarekha Sahu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.05969},
  year   = {2025}
}

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4 pages

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