Vectors, Cyclic Submodules, and Projective Spaces Linked with Ternions
Vectors, Cyclic Submodules, and Projective Spaces Linked with Ternions
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向量、循环子模和与三元数相关的射影空间
DOI:
10.1007/s00022-008-2090-4
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
0.6
通讯作者:
M. Saniga
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作者:
H. Havlicek;M. Saniga
Given a ring of ternionsR, i. e., a ring isomorphic to that of upper triangular 2×2 matrices with entries from an arbitrary commutative fieldF, a complete classification is performed of the vectors from the free leftR-moduleRn+1,n≥ 1, and of the cyclic submodules generated by these vectors. The vectors fall into 5 + |F| and the submodules into 6 distinct orbits under the action of the general linear groupGLn+1(R).Particular attention is paid tofreecyclic submodules generated bynon-unimodular vectors, as these are linked with the lines ofPG(n,F), then-dimensional projective space overF. In the finite case,F=GF(q), explicit formulas are derived for both the total number of non-unimodular free cyclic submodules and the number of such submodules passing through a given vector. These formulas yield a combinatorial approach to the lines and points ofPG(n,q),n≥ 2, in terms of vectors and non-unimodular free cyclic submodules ofRn+1.