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On semigroup algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. D. Munn
Affiliation:
St John's College Cambridge

Extract

In the classical theory of representations of a finite group by matrices over a field , the concept of the group algebra (group ring) over is of fundamental importance. The chief property of such an algebra is that it is semi-simple, provided that the characteristic of is zero or a prime not dividing the order of the group. As a consequence of this, the representations of the algebra, and hence of the group, are completely reducible.

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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