The alternative Clifford algebra of a ternary quadratic form

Adam Chapman; Uzi Vishne

doi:10.1080/00927872.2019.1572178

The alternative Clifford algebra of a ternary quadratic form

Adam Chapman, Uzi Vishne

Department of Mathematics

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Abstract

We prove that the alternative Clifford algebra of a nondegenerate ternary quadratic form is an octonion ring whose center is the ring of polynomials in one variable over the field of definition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3987-3994
Number of pages	8
Journal	Communications in Algebra
Volume	47
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00927872.2019.1572178
State	Published - 3 Oct 2019

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Funding Information:
Uzi Vishne was partially supported by an Israel Science Foundation grant #1623/16.

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© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

Alternative algebras
Clifford algebras
octonion algebras
quadratic forms

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The alternative Clifford algebra of a ternary quadratic form

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