nLab matrix algebra

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Context

Linear algebra

homotopy theory, (∞,1)-category theory, homotopy type theory

flavors: stable, equivariant, rational, p-adic, proper, geometric, cohesive, directed

models: topological, simplicial, localic, …

see also algebraic topology

Introductions

Definitions

Paths and cylinders

Homotopy groups

Basic facts

Theorems

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Idea

The associative algebra of square matrices over some ring under matrix multiplication is the coresponding matrix algebra.

Properties

General

The multiplicative identity element in a matrix algebra is the identity matrix.

Relation to groupoid algebras

The algebra of n×nn \times n-matrices is equivalently the groupoid convolution algebra of the pair groupoid on the set with nn-elements.

Norms

The matrix algebra over a normed ring is naturally itself a normed ring. See at normed ring – Examples – matrix ring.

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