English

Free fields in skew fields

Rings and Algebras 2008-05-28 v1

Abstract

Building on the work of K. Chiba (J. Algebra 263 (2003), 75-87), we present sufficient conditions for the completion of a division ring with respect to the metric defined by a discrete valuation function to contain a free field, i.e. the universal field of fractions of a free associative algebra. Several applications to division rings generated by torsion-free nilpotent groups, skew Laurent series and related division rings are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0805.4185,
  title  = {Free fields in skew fields},
  author = {Vitor O. Ferreira and Érica Z. Fornaroli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4185},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages

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