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Maximal subfields of Q(i)-division rings

Steven Liedahl

Vol. 175 (1996), No. 1, 147–160
Abstract

In this paper we determine the Q(i)-division rings which have maximal subfields of the form E(i), where E∕Q is cyclic and i = √−-1. These are precisely the Q(i)-division rings having maximal subfields which are abelian over Q. More generally we determine the Q(i)-division rings having maximal subfields which are Galois over Q. We show that a division ring D contains such subfields if and only if the same is true for the 2-part of the Sylow decomposition of D.

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 12E15
Secondary: 11R52, 16K20
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Received: 29 April 1994
Published: 1 September 1996
Authors
Steven Liedahl
National Security Agency
United States