Questions tagged [separable-algebras]
For questions about separable algebras over commutative rings, separable ring extensions, Azumaya algebras, finite etale algebras.
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Classification of Étale algebras without Galois theory and then deducing Galois theory
In Milne's Galois theory notes — chapter 8, quoted below, he remarks that it is possible to classify étale algebras without using Galois theory then deduce Galois theory and he will explain this ...
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Berkovitch completion, separable closure, and algebraic closure
I am wondering if it is always possible to take the Berkovich completion after the algebraic closure of a field, to the effect that one does not need to take the algebraic closure afterwards or the ...
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Separable monads do not induce separable monoids
Let us first recall the categorical notion of monad: if we have a category $\mathcal{C}$ then a monad on it consists in an endofunctor $\mathbb{A}\colon \mathcal{C}\rightarrow \mathcal{C}$ together ...
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Is a "separable" algebra over a field finite-dimensional?
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ a unital associative (possibly non-commutative) $k$-algebra, and let $A^e$ denote the enveloping algebra of $A$, namely, $A^e = A \otimes_k A^{op}$.
It seems that there are ...
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Explicit separability idempotent for the center of a separable algebra
Let $A$ be a $k$-algebra for some commutative ring $k$. Recall that $A$ is said to be separable over $k$ if the multiplication map $A\otimes_k A^{\operatorname{op}}\to A$ has a section as a map of $A\...
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Separable algebras and separably closed local rings (a.k.a strictly Henselian local rings)
Let $A$ be a local ring. Say a monic $f\in A[x]$ is unramifiable if it admits a simple root in its universal splitting algebra (equivalently, it admits a simple root in any ring over which it splits). ...
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Separable nonassociative algebras
In his paper "Structure and Representation of Nonassociative Algebras", Schafer notes that an arbitrary nonassociative algebra over a field is separable "if and only if the ...
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Separability of $\mathbb{C}[x,y_1,\ldots,y_r]$ over $\mathbb{C} + (h,y_1,\ldots,y_r)$
The answer to this MO question says the following:
Lemma 1. Let $h \in \mathbf C[x]$ be a polynomial of degree $n \geq 2$. Then $\mathbf C+(h) \subseteq \mathbf C[x]$ is unramified if and only if $h$ ...
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Maximal orders separable over their centre
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a central simple $K$-algebra, where $K$ is an algebraic number field. It is known that $\mathcal{A}$ is separable over $K$ (following the definition of DeMeyer and Ingraham's book)...
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Flatness of certain subrings
The following question appears, more or less, here:
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and let $S$ be a commutative $k$-algebra
(I do not mind to further assume that $S$ ...
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Separable non-flat simple ring extension
Let $R \subseteq S$ be two commutative $\mathbb{C}$-algebras such that:
(1) $R$ and $S$ are integral domains.
(2) $Q(R)=Q(S)$, namely, their fields of fractions are equal.
(3) $S=R[w]$, for some $w \...
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Separability of $\mathbb{C}[x]$ over its $\mathbb{C}$-subalgebras
For commutative rings $R \subseteq S$,
recall that $S$ is separable over $R$, if $S$ is a projective $S \otimes_R S$-module, via $f: S \otimes_R S \to S$ given by: $f(s_1 \otimes_R s_2)=s_1s_2$.
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A certain property of integral domains $A \subseteq B$ with $Q(A) \cap B= A$
I have asked the following question in MSE:
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero. Let $A \subseteq B$ be $k$-algebras which are also (commutative) integral domains with fields of fractions $Q(A) \...
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Structure theorem for etale algebras over a more general ring than a field
I call etale a finite-type flat $R$-algebra $A$ such that $\Omega_A =0$ (I hope this is the standard definition).
In the case where $R=k$ is a field, any such algebra $A$ decomposes as a finite ...
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Classical reductive group schemes vs. unitary groups of separable algebras with involution --- reference request
Let $K$ be a field with $2\in K^\times$, let $A$ be a separable $K$-algebra (i.e. $A$ is finite-dimensional, semisimple and its center is an etale $K$-algebra), and let $\sigma:A\to A$ be a $K$-...
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