Azumaya algebra

English

Etymology

Introduced in a 1951 paper by Goro Azumaya, for the case where R is a commutative local ring.

Noun

Azumaya algebra (plural Azumaya algebras)

  1. (mathematics) A generalization of central simple algebras to R-algebras where R need not be a field.
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