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Re: [Axiom-developer] algebras <=> groups
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Re: [Axiom-developer] algebras <=> groups |
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Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:52:08 -0400 |
Bill,
The thought was triggered by this quote:
Groups and algebras have this in common, that they each employ a process
of multiplication that is associative but not necessarily commutative.
The problem that immediately suggests itself, then, is to examine the
connection between the two theories. This connection is quite intimate,
for connected with every finite group there is an associated algebra
called the group algebra. It is sometimes called after Frobenius, who
published a number of papers exploring this problem, the Frobenius
algebra of the group.
Littlewood, D.E. "The Skeleton Key of Mathematics" p107
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