Non-commutative fields (also called skew fields or division rings) have not been studied as thoroughly as their commutative counterparts, and most accounts have hitherto been confined to division algebras - that is skew fields finite dimensional over their centre. Based on the author's LMS lecture note volume Skew Field Constructions, the present work offers a comprehensive account of skew fields. The axiomatic foundation, and a precise description of the embedding problem, is followed by an account of algebraic and topological construction methods, in particular, the author's general embedding theory is presented with full proofs, leading to the construction of skew fields. The powerful coproduct theorem of G. M. Bergman is proved here, as well as the properties of the matrix reduction functor, a useful but little-known construction providing a source of examples and counter-examples. The construction and basic properties of existentially closed skew fields are given, leading to an example of a model class with an infinite forcing companion which is not axiomatizable.



Zusammenfassung
This work offers a comprehensive account of skew fields and related mathematics.
Titel
Skew Fields
Untertitel
Theory of General Division Rings
EAN
9781139106542
ISBN
978-1-139-10654-2
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
28.07.1995
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
25.13 MB
Jahr
1995
Untertitel
Englisch