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Near-field structures on a given scalar group

Rings and Algebras 2022-11-21 v1

Abstract

With this paper, we gain a better understanding of the set of near-field structures on a fixed scalar group. If we were able to describe all near-field structures on a fixed scalar group, we could describe all near-vector spaces. The near-field structures induced by isomorphisms of canonical near-vector spaces differ by quasi-multiplicative bijections while those induced by isomorphisms of near-fields differ by multiplicative bijections. This reveals one of the fundamental differences between linear algebra and near-linear algebra. We find an explicit description of all the elementary near-vector spaces. Significantly, we construct an addition \boxplus on Q\mathbb{Q} such that (Q,,)(\mathbb{Q},\boxplus, \cdot) is isomorphic to (Q(19),+,)(\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-19}),+, \cdot). We also describe explicitly sufficient conditions for such an isomorphism to exist for more general extensions of Q\mathbb{Q}. Moreover, under extra conditions, we still describe those structures on (R,)(\mathbb{R}, \cdot), and (C,)(\mathbb{C}, \cdot).

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@article{arxiv.2211.09877,
  title  = {Near-field structures on a given scalar group},
  author = {Sophie Marques and Leandro Boonzaaier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.09877},
  year   = {2022}
}
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