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Involution Codimensions of Finite Dimensional Algebras and Exponential Growth

Mikhail ZaicevAntonino Giambruno

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Discrete mathematicsInvolution (mathematics)Pure mathematicsAlgebra and Number TheoryExponential growthMathematics

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Abstract Let F be a field of characteristic zero and let A be a finite dimensional algebra with involution ∗ over F . We study the asymptotic behavior of the sequence of ∗ -codimensions c n ( A , ∗ ) of A and we show that Exp(A, ∗ ) = lim n → ∞ c n ( A , ∗ ) exists and is an integer. We give an explicit way for computing Exp( A , ∗ ) and as a consequence we obtain the following characterization of ∗ -simple algebras: A is ∗ -simple if and only if Exp( A , ∗ ) = dim F A .

10.1006/jabr.1999.8016http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1999.8016