On the structure of symplectic ternary algebras
On the structure of symplectic ternary algebras
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辛三元代数的结构
DOI:
10.1016/1385-7258(72)90062-5
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
J. Ferrar
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作者:
J. Faulkner;J. Ferrar
The algebras studied here are a generalization of the class of ternary algebras given in [3], which are, in turn, a variation of Freudenthal triple systems [7]. The advantage of the latest algebras, which we call symplectic algebras, is that they are defined by identities and hence admit direct sums. The main purpose of this paper is to show that semisimple symplectic algebras are the direct sum of simple algebras in characteristic 0 and to give a classification of the simple algebras over algebraically closed fields of characteristic 0. In the process we derive a number of results for fields of arbitrary characteristic $12, 3. In $1, we relate intrinsic notions of solvability and semisimplicity of a symplectic algebra to the parallel notions in a Lie triple system constructed from the symplectic algebra. In 5 2, we use this relation to show that a semisimple symplectic algebra of characteristic 0 has nondegenerate trace form. This allows us to derive the first structure theorem. In 8 3, the relationships among symplectic algebras; Freudenthal triple systems, and the ternary algebras of [3] are indicated. In Q 4; the balanced, simple symplectic algebras with nonzero skew form are classified via a reduction to the classification of Freudenthal triple systems in [7], yielding (Corollary 4.2) complete classification of simple, symplectic algebras over algebraically closed fields of characteristic zero. Throughout we assume characteristic 0# 2, 3.