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Octonion algebras obtained from associative algebras with involution

Author(s): Holger P. Petersson; Michel L. Racine
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 130 (2002), 1563-1572.
MSC (2000): Primary 17A75, 16W10, 17C40
Posted: October 24, 2001
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Abstract: A natural octonion algebra structure on the symmetric elements of trace 0 of central simple associative algebras of degree 3 with involution of the second kind is obtained.


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Additional Information:

Holger P. Petersson
Affiliation: Fachbereich Mathematik, FernUniversitaet, D-58084 Hagen, Germany
Email: holger.petersson@fernuni-hagen.de

Michel L. Racine
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Email: mracine@uottawa.ca

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-01-06241-4
PII: S 0002-9939(01)06241-4
Received by editor(s): July 19, 2000
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 22, 2000
Posted: October 24, 2001
Additional Notes: The second author's research was supported in part by a grant from NSERC
Communicated by: Lance W. Small
Copyright of article: Copyright 2001, American Mathematical Society


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