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Department of Mathematics, Northeast Normal University
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce $p$-semilinear transformations for linear algebras over a field ${bf F}$ of positive characteristic $p$, discuss initially the elementary properties of $p$-semilinear transformations, make use of it to give some characterizations of linear algebras over a field ${bf F}$ of positive characteristic $p$. Moreover, we find a one-to-one correspondence between $p$-semilinear transformations and matrices, and we prove a result which is closely related to the well-known Jordan-Chevalley decomposition of an element.