Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
47 votes
10 answers
6k views

Algebraic theorems with no known algebraic proofs

What are some good examples of algebraic theorems that have no known algebraic proofs? A few I know concern classifications of (not necessarily associative) division algebras over $\mathbb{R}$: the ...
18 votes
1 answer
770 views

Koszul complex for non-Koszul algebras

Let $A$ be a graded, connected, locally finite, quadratic algebra over a field $k$; that is, $A$ may be presented as $T(V)/I$, where $V = A_1$ is a finite dimensional $k$ vector space, and the ideal $...
Craig Westerland's user avatar
11 votes
1 answer
520 views

Problems concerning subspaces of $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $

Let $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $ denote the $n$ times $n$ matrices over the rational number field. $N$ be a subspace of $M_{n}(\mathbb{Q}) $.Then if all the non-zero matrices in $N$ are invertible, what is ...
Sky's user avatar
  • 923
9 votes
1 answer
457 views

Deformations of Ext rings

Let $k$ be a base ring and $k[x]$ the ring of polynomials in an indeterminate $x$ over $k$. Consider a (not necessarily commutative) algebra $A$ over $k[x]$ and two $A$-modules $M$ and $N$. Then for ...
Craig Westerland's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
234 views

Hurwitz–Radon problem for $ \mathbb{Q} ^{n} $

What is the maximal number of orthogonal operators $ A _{1} , \dotsc, A _ {m} $ in $ \mathbb{Q}^{ n } $ satisfying the relations $ A_{i}^{2} = - I $ and $ A_{i}A_{j} + A_{j}A_{i} = 0 $ for $ i \neq ...
Sky's user avatar
  • 923