Evaluations of multilinear polynomials on low rank Jordan algebras

Abstract

In this paper we prove the generalized Kaplansky conjecture for the Jordan algebras of the type $J_n$ in particular for self adjoint $2\times 2$ matrices over $\R$, over $\C$, $\HH$ and $\Oct$. In fact, we prove that the image of multilinear polynomial must be either $\{0\}$, $\mathbb{R}$, the space of pure elements $V$, or $J_n$.