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Semiprimitivity of inverse semigroup algebras
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2011
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Let S be an inverse semigroup and F a field. It is shown that if F has characteristic 0 and is not algebraic over its prime subfield then the algebra of S over F is semiprimitive (i.e. Jacobson semisimple). This generalises a well-known theorem on group algebras due to Amitsur. Similar results for the case in which F has prime characteristic are obtained under the additional hypotheses that S is completely semisimple or that S is E-unitary with a totally ordered semilattice.
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 93 , Issue 1-2 , 1982 , pp. 83 - 98
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