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Notes on splitting fields

Representation Theory 2025-01-22 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

These notes include introductory material on the notion of splitting fields for modules over a k-algebra where k is a field.

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@article{arxiv.2501.10554,
  title  = {Notes on splitting fields},
  author = {Cihan Bahran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.10554},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Based on notes written some time around 2013 while I was a grad student in Minnesota, studying the basics of representations of finite-dimensional algebras. They used to be reachable online in a umn.edu page, which is now dead. I have decided on uploading here after being notified there is nonzero interest in them. I have rewritten some parts and made some cosmetic changes