Let A and B both be associative, commutative, finite-dimensional, complex algebras of di

Kiana Dodson

Kiana Dodson

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2022-06-26

Let A and B both be associative, commutative, finite-dimensional, complex algebras of dimension n, e.g. over C.
What are some necessary and sufficient conditions for A and B to be isomorphic?
In particular, I'm interested in the situation where A and B have zero divisors, but both have no nilpotent elements. Is this sufficient to declare A and B isomorphic?
Two examples of such algebras are the pointwise multiplication on C n , and the convolution algebra on C n . These are isomorphic via the discrete Fourier transform. Are all complex algebras of the same dimension, which don't have nilpotent elements, isomorphic to these two?

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Beginner2022-06-27Added 20 answers

Yes, if A and B have no (nonzero) nilpotent elements, then A B. To prove this, note that A is artinian and hence is a product of local artinian rings A i . A local artinian ring with no nilpotents is a field, so each A i is a field. But each A i is then a finite extension of C, and the only such extension is C itself. So A is a product of copies of C, and hence A C n . The same is true of B, so A B.

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