Bibliographic Info
Citation
- The Radical of an Alternative Ring
- Author(s): M. F. Smiley
- Source: The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Jul., 1948), pp. 702-709
- Published by: Annals of Mathematics
- Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1969053
Abstract
In this paper, we study alternative algebras Λ over a commutative, associative ring R with identity. When Λ is finitely generated as an R-module, we define the radical J of Λ. We show that matrix units and split Cayley algebras can be lifted from Λ/J to ...