Jordan algebras and 3-transposition groups

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2017.01.025MaRDI QIDQ515609zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tom De Medts, F. Rehren

Publication date 16 March 2017

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05657

zbMATH Keywords

Jordan algebrasroot systems3-transposition groupsPeirce decompositionFischer spacesMatsuo algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Idempotents, Peirce decompositions (17C27) General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Root systems (17B22) Jordan structures associated with other structures (17C50) Associated groups, automorphisms of Jordan algebras (17C30)

Abstract: An idempotent in a Jordan algebra induces a Peirce decomposition of the algebra into subspaces whose pairwise multiplication satisfies certain fusion rules $Phi(frac12)$. On the other hand, $3$-transposition groups $(G,D)$ can be algebraically characterised as Matsuo algebras $M_{a}lpha(G,D)$ with idempotents satisfying the fusion rules $Phi(alpha)$ for some $alpha$. We classify the Jordan algebras $J$ which are isomorphic to a Matsuo algebra $M_{1/2}(G,D)$, in which case $(G,D)$ is a subgroup of the (algebraic) automorphism group of $J$; the only possibilities are $G=operatornameSym(n)$ and $G=3^2:2$. Along the way, we also obtain results about Jordan algebras associated to root systems.

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