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Paper   IPM / M / 161
School of Mathematics
  Title:   Extending valuations to algebraic division algebras
  Author(s):  M. Mahdavi-Hezavehi
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Comm. Algebra
  No.:  11
  Vol.:  22
  Year:  1994
  Pages:   4373-4378
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
Let D be a division algebra algebraic over its centre F. Given a (Krull) valuation v on F, denote by V its valuation ring. It is shown that v extends to a valuation on D if and only if (i) v extends uniquely to each commutative subfield K of D with dimF K < ∞, (ii) Z(D′) ⊂ V*.

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