The isotopy problem for Jordan matrix algebras

Petersson, Holger P.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1978-0506615-7

The isotopy problem for Jordan matrix algebras
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 244 (1978), 185-197 Request permission

Abstract:

Conditions are given which are necessary and sufficient for two members of a certain class of Jordan matrix algebras to be isotopic. The main ingredient of these conditions is McCrimmon’s notion of isotopy for alternative algebras.

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