TRACE FORMULAS IN VECTOR PRODUCT ALGEBRAS
Let \(F\) be a field of characteristic \(\neq 2\), let \(C\) be a (unital) composition algebra over \(F\) and let \(V\) be its subspace of trace zero elements, equipped with the multiplication defined by \(x\times y={1\over 2}(xy-yx)\). It is well known that \(V\) constitutes a vector product algebra. Let \(d\) be the dimension of \(V\). \textit{M. Rost }[Doc. Math., J. DMV 1, 209-214 (1996; Zbl 0867.17004)] proved, in a very surprising and elementary way, the relation \(d(d-1)(d-3)(d-7)=0\) on \(F\). This provides, in case the characteristic is zero, a new proof of Hurwitz's celebrated ``1, 2, 4, 8 theorem. Here Meyberg offers a different, but equally surprising and elementary, proof of the same fact, which uses some trace arguments that relate the trace in \(\text{End}_F(V)\) with the nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form on \(V\) inherited from the norm on \(C\).
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