Idempotent and nilpotent elements in octonion rings over Zp

Michael Aristidou, Philip R. Brown, George Chailos

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we show that the set O/Zp, where p is a prime number, does not form a skew field and discuss idempotent and nilpotent elements in the (finite) ring O/Zp. We provide examples and establish conditions for idempotency and nilpotency.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3-14
    Number of pages12
    JournalStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Mathematica
    Volume69
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2024

    Keywords

    • idempotent
    • nilpotent
    • octonion
    • Quaternion
    • ring
    • skew field

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