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Levels and sublevels of division algebras obtained by the Cayley-Dickson process

Rings and Algebras 2012-01-18 v2

Abstract

{\small \ We generalize the concepts of \thinspace level \thinspace and \thinspace sublevel of a composition algebra to division algebras obtained by the Cayley-Dickson process. In 1967, R. B. Brown constructed, for every}tN,t\in \mathbb{N},{\small \ a nonassociative division algebra}AtA_{t}{\small \ of dimension}2t2^{t}{\small \ over the power-series field}K{X1,X2,...,Xt}.K\{X_{1},X_{2},...,X_{t}\}.\,{\small \ This gives us the possibility to construct a division algebra of \thinspace dimension}% {\small \,2}^{t}\,{\small and prescribed \thinspace level and sublevel}% {\small \,\,2}^{k}{\small ,\thinspace \thinspace}k,tN{0}k,\,t\in \mathbb{N}-\{0\} and dimension 2t{\small \,2}^{t}\,{\small and prescribed \thinspace level}2k+1{\small \,\,2}^{k}+1{\small ,\thinspace \thinspace}kNk\in \mathbb{N}% -\{0\},t\in \mathbb{N},t\geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.1101.5237,
  title  = {Levels and sublevels of division algebras obtained by the Cayley-Dickson process},
  author = {Cristina Flaut},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.5237},
  year   = {2012}
}

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