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On the scarcity of lattice-ordered matrix rings

Authors :
Elliot Carl Weinberg
Source :
Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 19:561-571
Publication Year :
1966
Publisher :
Mathematical Sciences Publishers, 1966.

Abstract

It is well-known that the ring Qn of nxn matrices over a lattice-ordered ring Q may be lattice-ordered by prescribing that a matrix is positive exactly when each of its entries is positive. We conjecture in case Q is the field of rational numbers that this is essentially the only lattice-order of the matrix ring in which the multiplicative identity 1 is positive and settle the conjecture in case n=2. There are however other lattice-orders of Q2 in which 1 is not positive. A complete description of this family is obtained.

Details

ISSN :
00308730
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pacific Journal of Mathematics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........146550c30c6fd465f5b9f804e2f30663