Large Annihilators in Cayley–Dickson Algebras

DOI10.1080/00927870701724094zbMATH Open1137.17007arXivmath/0511691OpenAlexW2964257931MaRDI QIDQ5456513FDOQ5456513

Daniel C. Isaksen, Daniel K. Biss, Daniel Dugger

Publication date: 8 April 2008

Published in: Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Cayley-Dickson algebras are an infinite sequence of non-associative algebras starting with the reals, complexes, quaternions, and octonions. We study the zero-divisors in the higher Cayley-Dickson algebras. In particular, we show that the annihilator of any element in the 2^n-dimensional Cayley-Dickson algebra has dimension at most 2^n-4n+4. Moroever, every multiple of four between 0 and this upper bound actually occurs as the dimension of some annihilator (a theorem of Moreno says that only multiples of four can occur). We completely describe all the zero-divisors whose annihilator has dimension 2^n-4n+4.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511691

zbMATH Keywords

annihilatorCayley-Dickson algebrazero-divisor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General nonassociative rings (17A99)

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• On generalized Cayley-Dickson algebras
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