Ideal-simple semirings. I.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 16R50, 16R10.The paper is a survey on involutions (anti-automorphisms of order two) of different kinds. Starting with the first systematic investigations on involutions of central simple algebras due to Albert the author emphasizes on their basic properties, the conditions on their existence and their correspondence with structural characteristics of the algebras. Focusing on matrix algebras a complete description of involutions of the first kind on Mn(F)...
We prove that a stably hereditary bound quiver algebra A = KQ/I is iterated tilted if and only if (Q,I) satisfies the clock condition, and that in this case it is of type~Q. Furthermore, A is tilted if and only if (Q,I) does not contain any double-zero.