Linear associative algebras /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abian, Alexander, 1925- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [1971]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080165646
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (vii, 166 pages)
ISBN: 9781483186795
1483186792
0080165648
9780080165646
Index Number: QA251
CLC: O153.3
Contents: Front Cover; Linear Associative Algebras; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Preliminaries; 1.1. Semigroups and Groups; 1.2. Rings and Fields; 1.3. Direct Sum and Tensor Product of Rings; 1.4. Polynomial Rings; 1.5. Matrix Rings; Exercises; CHAPTER 2. Vector Spaces; 2.1. Vector Spaces; 2.2. Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces; 2.3. Matrix Representation of Vectors; Exercises; CHAPTER 3. Linear Associative Algebras; 3.1. Linear Associative Algebras; 3.2. Idempotent and Nilpotent Elements of an Algebra; 3.3. Ideals of an Algebra; 3.4. Total Matrix Algebras and the Canonical Forms of Matrices3.5. Matrix Representation of Algebras; 3.6. Division Algebras; Exercises; CHAPTER 4. Wedderburn Structure Theorems; 4.1. Direct Sum and Tensor Product Decomposition of Algebras; 4.2. Nilpotent Algebras and the Radical of an Algebra; 4.3. Structure of Semi-Simple Algebras; 4.4. Structure of Simple Algebras; 4.5. Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index of Symbols; Index.