Division Ring - Ring Theorems

Ring Theorems

Wedderburn's little theorem: All finite division rings are commutative and therefore finite fields. (Ernst Witt gave a simple proof.)

Frobenius theorem: The only finite-dimensional division algebras over the reals are the reals themselves, the complex numbers, and the quaternions.

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