Center (algebra)

The term center or centre is used in various contexts in abstract algebra to denote the set of all those elements that commute with all other elements. It is often denoted Z, from German Zentrum, meaning "center". More specifically:

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References

  1. Kilp, Mati; Knauer, Ulrich; Mikhalev, Aleksandr V. (2000). Monoids, Acts and Categories. De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics 29. Walter de Gruyter. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-11-015248-7.
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  3. Durbin, John R. (1993). Modern Algebra: An Introduction (3rd ed.). John Wiley and Sons. p. 118. ISBN 0-471-51001-7. The center of a ring R is defined to be {cR: cr = rc for every rR}., Exercise 22.22
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