L\"uroth's and Igusa's theorems over Division Rings
Number Theory
2023-04-24 v1
Abstract
Let be a division ring of finite dimension over its center, let be the ring of polynomials in a central variable over , and let be its quotient skew field. We show that every intermediate division ring between and is itself of the form , for some in the center of . This generalizes the classical L\"uroth's theorem. More generally, we extend Igusa's theorem characterizing the transcendence degree 1 subfields of rational function fields, from fields to division rings.
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@article{arxiv.2304.10738,
title = {L\"uroth's and Igusa's theorems over Division Rings},
author = {François Legrand and Elad Paran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.10738},
year = {2023}
}