Abstract The quaternion algebra of degree 2 over a commutative ring as defined by S. Parimala and R. Sridharan is generalized to a separable cyclic extension B [ j ] of degree n over a noncommutative ring B . A characterization of such an extension is given, and a relation between Azumaya algebras and Galois extensions for B [ j ] is also obtained.
Elizabeth McMahonA. C. Mewborn