simple algebra

noun

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  1. An algebra that contains no nontrivial proper (two-sided) ideals and whose multiplication…

    An algebra that contains no nontrivial proper (two-sided) ideals and whose multiplication operation is not zero (i.e., there exist a and b such that ab ≠ 0).

    • 1945 [McGraw-Hill], E. T. Bell, 2nd Edition, 1992, Dover, The Development of Mathematics, page 252, A semi-simple algebra over F is either simple or the direct sum of simple algebras over F.
    • 1989 [W. H Freeman & Company], Nathan Jacobson, Basic Algebra II, 2nd Edition, 2009, Dover, page 215, If A is a finite dimensional simple algebra over F, then A≅M_n(Δ) where Δ is a finite dimensional division algebra over Δ.

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