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On Curtis' theorem about finite octonionic loops

Author(s): Paul Boddington; Dmitriy Rumynin
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 1651-1657.
MSC (2000): Primary 17D05; Secondary 17B20
Posted: January 9, 2007
MathSciNet review: 2286072
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Abstract: We prove a stronger version of Curtis' classification theorem of finite subloops of the Cayley octonions $ \mathbb{O}$.


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Additional Information:

Paul Boddington
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Email: paulsboddington@yahoo.co.uk

Dmitriy Rumynin
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Email: rumynin@maths.warwick.ac.uk

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-08707-2
PII: S 0002-9939(07)08707-2
Keywords: Octonions, quaternions, loop, root system
Received by editor(s): July 19, 2005
Received by editor(s) in revised form: February 24, 2006
Posted: January 9, 2007
Communicated by: Jonathan I. Hall
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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