Identifying models of the octave projective plane
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Identifying models of the octave projective plane
zbMATH Open document ID: 0886.51002
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017926505948
author: Daniel Allcock
published in: Geometriae Dedicata
publication date: 1997-06-10T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(\pi\) be the projective plane over the alternative semifield \({\mathcal O}\) of Cayley numbers (called octaves in the article). \textit{H. Aslaksen} [Geom. Dedicata 40, No. 2, 245-250 (1991; Zbl 0758.51001)] used a modified homogeneous coordinate system for representing \(\pi\). Aslaksen identified the points of \(\pi\) with the nonzero triples \((x_1, x_2, x_3)\) with each \(x_i\in {\mathcal O}\) and at least one real. Furthermore, \((x_1, x_2, x_3)= (y_1, y_2, y_3)\) if and only if there exists \(a\in {\mathcal O}\) such that \(y_i=ax_i\) for each \(i\). Earlier, \textit{H. Freudenthal} [Geom. Dedicata 19, 7-63 (1985; Zbl 0573.51004)] identified the points of \(\pi\) with the set of idempotents in the exceptional Jordan algebra \({\mathcal J}\) consisting of the 3 by 3 hermetian matrices over \({\mathcal O}\) and having the multiplication \(A\times B= (AB+ BA)/2\). This article shows how to go from Aslaksen's representation to Freudenthal's by the mapping \(\alpha\): \((x_1, x_2, x_3) \to[e_{ij}]\) with \(e_{ij}= \overline {x_i}x_j\). The proof that \(\alpha\) is an isomorphism depends upon a lemma first given by \textit{P. Jordan} [Abh. Math. Semin. Univ. Hamb. 16, No. 1/2, 74-76 (1949; Zbl 0034.38103)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 51A35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17C40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17D05
zbMATH DE Number: 1019779
zbMATH Keywords: projective plane
zbMATH Keywords: Cayley numbers
zbMATH Keywords: octaves
zbMATH Keywords: exceptional Jordan algebra
reviewed by: Michael J. Kallaher
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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