Automorphism groups of Cayley-Dickson loops.

DOI10.4303/JGLTA/G110901MaRDI QIDQ441052zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jenya Kirshtein

Publication date 20 August 2012

Published in Journal of Generalized Lie Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.5151

zbMATH Keywords

automorphism groupsCayley-Dickson loopsHamiltonian loops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Composition algebras (17A75) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Loops, quasigroups (20N05)

Abstract: The Cayley-Dickson loop Q_n is the multiplicative closure of basic elements of the algebra constructed by n applications of the Cayley-Dickson doubling process (the first few examples of such algebras are real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions, octonions, sedenions). We discuss properties of the Cayley-Dickson loops, show that these loops are Hamiltonian, and describe the structure of their automorphism groups.

Review text

The Cayley-Dickson loops \((Q_n,\cdot)\) are defined inductively by \(Q_0=\{\pm 1\}\), \(Q_n=\{(x,0),(x,1)\mid x\in Q_{n-1}\}\) where \(Q_n\) is the multiplicative closure of basic elements of the algebra constructed by \(n\) applications of the Cayley-Dickson doubling process. Firstly, properties of the Cayley-Dickson loops are discussed. In particular, Cayley-Dickson loops are diassociative, inverse property loops and Hamiltonian. Secondly, the automorphism groups of Cayley-Dickson loops are described and the following theorem is established: For a Cayley-Dickson loop \(Q_n\) with \(n\geq 4\), the automorphism group \(\Aut(Q_n)\) is a direct product of \(\Aut(Q_{n-1})\) and a cyclic group of order 2.

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