Brauer Groups
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چکیده
I define the Brauer group of a field k as similarity classes of central simple algebras over k. Then I introduce non-abelean cohomology and use it to prove that the Brauer group is isomorphic to a certain cohomology group. Brauer groups show up in global class field theory.
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