DIVISION ALGEBRAS WITH RADICABLE MULTIPLICATIVE GROUPS

Given a divisible finite field extension K/F, the structure of Br(F), the Brauer group of F, is investigated. It is shown that, if F is indivisible, then Br(F) congruent to Z(2), which generalizes the Frobenius Theorem. As a consequence, when F is indivisible, the class of all finite dimensional non-commutative F-central division algebras D having radicable multiplicative groups D* is determined. In fact, it is proved that the following statements are equivalent: (1) D is radicable, (2) D contains a divisible subfield K/F, and (3) D is the ordinary quaternion division algebra and F(root-1) is divisible.