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On the centroid of a Leavitt path algebra

Rings and Algebras 2020-04-14 v1

Abstract

We describe the centroid of some Leavitt path algebras. More precisely, we show that for Leavitt path algebras over a field KK that are simple its centroid is isomorphic to KK, and for prime Leavitt path algebras its centroid is isomorphic to KK except if the graph is a row-finite comet, in which case the centroid is isomorphic to K[x,x1]K[x,x^{-1}].

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@article{arxiv.2004.06075,
  title  = {On the centroid of a Leavitt path algebra},
  author = {Daniel Gonçalves and Dolores Martín Barquero and Cándido Martín González and Mercedes Siles Molina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.06075},
  year   = {2020}
}
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