We describe the Galois theory of commutative semirings as a Boolean Galois theory in the sense of Carboni and Janelidze. Such a Galois structure then naturally suggests an extension to commutative semirings of the classical theory of quadratic equations over commutative rings. We show, however, that our proposed generalization is impossible for connected commutative semirings which are not rings, leading to the conclusion that for the theory of quadratic equations, “minus is needed”. Finally, by considering semirings B which have no non-trivial additive inverses and no non-trivial zero divisors, we present an example of a normal extension of commutative semirings which has an underlying B-semimodule structure isomorphic to B×B.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/32412 |
| Date | 19 November 2020 |
| Creators | Poklewski-Koziell, Rowan |
| Contributors | Janelidze, George |
| Publisher | Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MSc |
| Format | application/pdf |
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