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On Involutions of Quasi-Division Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Lowell Sweet*
Affiliation:
University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
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All algebras are assumed to be finite dimensional and not necessarily associative. An involution of an algebra is an algebra automorphism of order two. A quasi-division algebra is any algebra in which the non-zero elements form a quasi-group under multiplication. The purpose of this short paper is to determine the structure of all involutions of quasi-division algebras and to give an application of this result.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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