Idempotent and nilpotent elements in octonion rings over Zₚ
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmath.2024.1.01Keywords:
Quaternion, octonion, ring, skew field, idempotent, nilpotentAbstract
In this paper, we show that the set O/Zp, where p is a prime number, does not form a skew field and discuss idempotent and nilpotent elements in the (finite) ring O/Zp. We provide examples and establish conditions for idempotency and nilpotency.
Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 15A33, 15A30, 20H25, 15A03.
Received 27 July 2021; Accepted 14 December 2021
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