"composition algebra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: composition algebras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} composition algebra (plural composition algebras)
  1. (algebra) A non-associative (not necessarily associative) algebra, A, over some field, together with a nondegenerate quadratic form, N, such that N(xy) = N(x)N(y) for all x, y ∈ A. Wikipedia link: composition algebra Categories (topical): Algebra Hypernyms: non-associative algebra Hyponyms: division algebra, Hurwitz algebra, split algebra Translations (type of nonassociative algebra): algèbre de composition [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-composition_algebra-en-noun-xoQ8XDVG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

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          "text": "1993, F. L. Zak (translator and original author), Simeon Ivanov (editor), Tangents and Secants of Algebraic Varieties, American Mathematical Society, page 11,\nMore precisely, Xⁿ⊂ℙᴺ is a Severi variety if and only if ℙᴺ=ℙ(𝔍), where 𝔍 is the Jordan algebra of Hermitian (3 × 3)-matrices over a composition algebra 𝔄, and X corresponds to the cone of Hermitian matrices of rank <1 (in that case SX corresponds to the cone of Hermitian matrices with vanishing determinant; cf. Theorem 4.8). In other words, X is a Severi variety if and only if X is the “Veronese surface” over one of the composition algebras over the field K (Theorem 4.9)."
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