The central norm criterion for homothety of Frobenius forms

Let RR be a Frobenius algebra with an ideal m\mathfrak m such that

R/mk,R/\mathfrak m\simeq k,

and let BB and BB' be forms on RR related by B(r,s)=B(r,su)B'(r,s)=B(r,su) for some uU(R)u\in U(R). Suppose that BB has Nakayama automorphism σ\sigma of finite order nn, so that σn=Id\sigma^n=\operatorname{Id}, and define the norm Nσ(u)N_\sigma(u) accordingly. Central norm criterion. If Nσ(u)Z(R)N_\sigma(u)\in Z(R), then BB and BB' are homothetic. This is the converse to the established necessary condition that homothety implies a central norm; it extends the symmetric case n=1n=1, although the source does not provide a resolution beyond this asserted converse.

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Primary source

Will Murray, “Bilinear Forms on Frobenius Algebras”, arXiv:1401.6486 (2014).

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