Indecomposable p-algebras and Galois subfields in generic abelian crossed products

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Abstract

Let F be a Henselian valued field with char (F) = p and D a semi-ramified, "not strongly degenerate" p-algebra. We show that all Galois subfields of D are inertial. Using this as a tool we study generic abelian crossed product p-algebras, proving among other things that the noncyclic generic abelian crossed product p-algebras defined by non-degenerate matrices are indecomposable p-algebras. To construct examples of these indecomposable p-algebras with exponent p and large index we study the relationship between degeneracy in matrices defining abelian crossed products and torsion in CH2 of Severi-Brauer varieties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1887-1907
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Algebra
Volume320
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2008

Funding

1 This work was supported in part by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship.

    Keywords

    • Chow group
    • Generic algebras
    • Indecomposable division algebras
    • Severi-Brauer varieties
    • Valued division algebras
    • p-algebras

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