Kantor-Koecher-Tits construction

proper noun

A method of constructing a Lie algebra from a Jordan algebra.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. algebraA method of constructing a Lie algebra from a Jordan algebra.

Origin

Introduced by Jacques Tits (1962), Kantor (1964), and Koecher (1967).

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