Finitely Deep Matrices

In the algebraic study of deep matrices DMF on a finite set of indices over a field, Christopher Kennedy has recently shown that there is a unique proper ideal Z whose quotient is a central simple algebra. He showed that this ideal, which doesn't appear for infinite index sets, is itself a central simple algebra. In this paper we extend the result to deep matrices with a finite set of 2 or more indices over an arbitrary coordinate algebra A, showing that when the coordinates are simple there is again such a unique proper ideal, and in general that the lattice of ideals of DMA/Z and Z are isomorphic to the lattice of ideals of the coordinate algebra A.

J. Faulkner < jrf@virginia.edu >

K. McCrimmon < kmm4m@virginia.edu >