Constructions for octonion and exceptional Jordan algebras (Q5926323)

Classically, Lie algebras of types \(G_2\) and \(F_4\) are constructed as the algebras of derivations of the split octonions and the exceptional Jordan algebra. In this note the authors reverse this process and, from the Lie algebras associated to the Dynkin diagrams \(G_2\) and \(F_4\) and one given action, they construct the algebra of split octonions and the exceptional Jordan algebra.