Quotients of the Highwater algebra and its cover

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Abstract: Axial algebras are a class of non-associative algebra with a strong link to finite (especially simple) groups which have recently received much attention. Of primary interest are the axial algebras of Monster type , of which the Griess algebra (with the Monster as its automorphism group) is an important motivating example. In this paper, we complete the classification of the symmetric 2-generated primitive axial algebras of Monster type . By previous work of Yabe, and Franchi and Mainardis, any such algebra is either explicitly known, or is a quotient of the infinite-dimensional Highwater algebra mathcalH, or its characteristic 5 cover hatmathcalH. In this paper, we classify the ideals of mathcalH and hatmathcalH and thus their quotients. Moreover, we give explicit bases for the ideals. In fact, we proceed in a unified way, by defining a cover hatmathcalH of mathcalH in all characteristics and classifying its ideals. Our new algebra hatmathcalH has a previously unseen fusion law and provides an insight into why the Highwater algebra has a cover which is of Monster type only in characteristic 5.









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