Determinants in Jordan matrix algebras
Abstract
We introduce a natural notion of determinant in matrix JB*-algebras, i.e., for hermitian matrices of biquaternions and for hermitian 3× 3 matrices of complex octonions. We establish several properties of these determinants which are useful to understand the structure of the Cartan factor of type 6. As a tool we provide an explicit description of minimal projections in the Cartan factor of type 6 and a variety of its automorphisms.
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