The degree of an eight-dimensional real quadratic division algebra is 1, 3, or 5

DOI10.1016/J.BULSCI.2009.10.001zbMATH Open1219.17004arXiv0909.5071OpenAlexW1983108709MaRDI QIDQ986499FDOQ986499

Ryszard L. Rubinsztein, Ernst Dieterich

Publication date: 11 August 2010

Published in: Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A celebrated theorem of Hopf, Bott, Milnor, and Kervaire states that every finite-dimensional real division algebra has dimension 1, 2, 4, or 8. While the real division algebras of dimension 1 or 2 and the real quadratic division algebras of dimension 4 have been classified, the problem of classifying all 8-dimensional real quadratic division algebras is still open. We contribute to a solution of that problem by proving that every 8-dimensional real quadratic division algebra has degree 1, 3, or 5. This statement is sharp.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.5071

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zbMATH Keywords

fundamental groupliftingsreal projective spacereal quadratic division algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonassociative division algebras (17A35) Equivariant homotopy theory in algebraic topology (55P91) Quadratic algebras (but not quadratic Jordan algebras) (17A45)

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