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An algorithm to compute the primitive central idempotents and the Wedderburn decomposition of a rational group algebra

✍ Scribed by Aurora Olivieri; Ángel del Rı́o

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 249 KB
Volume: 35
Category: Article
ISSN: 0747-7171
DOI: 10.1016/s0747-7171(03)00035-x

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✦ Synopsis

We present an algorithm to compute the primitive central idempotents and the Wedderburn decomposition of a rational group algebra. This algorithm has been implemented for System GAP, version 4.