Petersson algebra
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In mathematics, a Petersson algebra is a composition algebra over a field constructed from an order-3 automorphism of a Hurwitz algebra. They were first constructed by Petersson (1969).
Construction
Suppose that C is a Hurwitz algebra and φ is an automorphism of order 3. Define the new product of x and y to be φ(x)φ2(y). With this new product the algebra is called a Petersson algebra.
References
Knus, Max-Albert; Merkurjev, Alexander; Rost, Markus; Tignol, Jean-Pierre (1998), The Book of Involutions, Colloquium Publications, vol. 44, Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 0-8218-0904-0, Zbl 0955.16001
Petersson, Holger P. (1969), "Eine Identität fünften Grades, der gewisse Isotope von Kompositions-Algebren genügen", Math.
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