Isomorphisms of Tits--Kantor--Koecher Lie algebras of JB*-triples

Abstract

We characterise the isomorphisms of Tits--Kantor--Koecher Lie algebras of JB*-triples as a class of surjective linear isometries and show how these algebras form a category equivalent to that of JB*-triples. We introduce the concepts of tripotent, and orthogonality and order amongst tripotents for Tits--Kantor--Koecher Lie algebras. This leads to showing that a graded or negatively graded order isomorphism between certain subsets of tripotents of two Tits--Kantor--Koecher Lie algebras of atomic JB*-triples, which commutes with involutions, preserves orthogonality and is continuous at a non-zero tripotent of a specific type, can be extended as a real-linear isomorphism between the algebras.