Kummer-Witt-Jackson algebras

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the construction of a small, but non-trivial, example of a polynomial identity algebra, which we call the \emph{Jackson algebra}, that will be used in sequels to this paper to study non-commutative arithmetic geometry. In this paper this algebra is studied from a ring-theoretic and geometric viewpoint. Among other things it turns out that this algebra is a "non-commutative family" of central simple algebras and thus parametrises Brauer classes over extensions of the base.