Definition:Norm/Division Ring

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This page is about Norm on Division Ring. For other uses, see Norm.

Definition

Let $\struct {R, +, \circ}$ be a division ring whose zero is denoted $0_R$.


A (multiplicative) norm on $R$ is a mapping from $R$ to the non-negative reals:

$\norm {\,\cdot\,}: R \to \R_{\ge 0}$

satisfying the (ring) multiplicative norm axioms:

\((\text N 1)\)   $:$   Positive Definiteness:      \(\ds \forall x \in R:\)    \(\ds \norm x = 0 \)   \(\ds \iff \)   \(\ds x = 0_R \)      
\((\text N 2)\)   $:$   Multiplicativity:      \(\ds \forall x, y \in R:\)    \(\ds \norm {x \circ y} \)   \(\ds = \)   \(\ds \norm x \times \norm y \)      
\((\text N 3)\)   $:$   Triangle Inequality:      \(\ds \forall x, y \in R:\)    \(\ds \norm {x + y} \)   \(\ds \le \)   \(\ds \norm x + \norm y \)      


Notes



In contrast to the definition of a norm on a division ring, a ring norm is always assumed to be a submultiplicative norm.

The reason for this is by Normed Vector Space Requires Multiplicative Norm on Division Ring, the norm on a division ring that is the scalar division ring of a normed vector space must be a multiplicative norm.

By Ring with Multiplicative Norm has No Proper Zero Divisors it follows that a ring with zero divisors has no multiplicative norms, so a multiplicative norm is too restrictive for a general ring.


Also known as

Some authors refer to this concept as an (abstract) absolute value on $R$.

A field that is endowed with a norm is thereby referred as a valued field.


Also defined as

In the literature, it is common to define the norm only for subfields of the complex numbers.

However, the definition given here incorporates this approach.



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