Subfield of an algebra

Template:One source In algebra, a subfield of an algebra A over a field F is an F-subalgebra that is also a field. A maximal subfield is a subfield that is not contained in a strictly larger subfield of A.

If A is a finite-dimensional central simple algebra, then a subfield E of A is called a strictly maximal subfield if $[E:F]=({\dim }_{F}A{)}^{1/2}$.

References

• Richard S. Pierce. Associative algebras. Graduate texts in mathematics, Vol. 88, Springer-Verlag, 1982, Template:ISBN

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