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Results in linear algebra that depend on the choice of field
Linear algebra as we learn it as undergraduates usually holds for any field (even though we usually learn it for the complex, or real, numbers).
I am looking for a list of concepts, and results, in ...
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Maximal commutative subrings of the endomorphism ring of a vector space
Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a field, and $\mathbf{V}$ a possibly uncountably generated $\mathbb{F}$-vector space. Let $\mbox{End}_\mathbb{F}(\mathbf{V})$ be the endomorphism ring of $\mathbf{V}$. That the ...
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On separable field extensions [closed]
Let $F\subseteq K$ be a finite separable field extension with $a_1,..., a_n$ an $F$-basis for $K$. Is it true that the matrix $A := [\mbox{tr}(a_ia_j)]$ is non-singular ?
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Complementation in an extension field
If $E$ is an extension field of $F$, is $F$ necessarily (without assuming the axiom of choice) complemented as a vector subspace of $E$? (Of course the answer is easily yes if the extension is finite....
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Is there a field which is the union of finitely many proper subfields?
Is there a field which is the union of finitely many proper subfields?