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Division Algebras on ${\Bbb P}^2$ of Odd Index, Ramified Along a Smooth Elliptic Curve Are Cyclic

Division Algebras on ${\Bbb P}^2$ of Odd Index, Ramified Along a Smooth Elliptic Curve Are Cyclic

Michel Van den BERGH
Division Algebras on ${\Bbb P}^2$ of Odd Index, Ramified Along a Smooth Elliptic Curve Are Cyclic
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  • Année : 1997
  • Tome : 2
  • Format : Papier
  • Langue de l'ouvrage :
    Anglais
  • Class. Math. : 16K20, 13A20
  • Pages : 43-53
The simplest non-trivial division algebras that can be constructed over a rational function field in two variables are those that ramify along a divisor of degree three. In this note we give a precise structure theorem for such division algebras. It follows in particular that they are cyclic if the ramification locus is singular or if the index is odd.