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Kantor Double
In mathematics, the Kantor double is a Jordan superalgebra structure on the sum of two copies of a Poisson algebra In mathematics, a Poisson algebra is an associative algebra together with a Lie bracket that also satisfies Leibniz's law; that is, the bracket is also a derivation. Poisson algebras appear naturally in Hamiltonian mechanics, and are also central .... It is named after Isaiah Kantor, who introduced it in . References * Non-associative algebras {{math-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Jordan Superalgebra
In abstract algebra, a Jordan algebra is a nonassociative algebra over a field whose multiplication satisfies the following axioms: # xy = yx (commutative law) # (xy)(xx) = x(y(xx)) (). The product of two elements ''x'' and ''y'' in a Jordan algebra is also denoted ''x'' ∘ ''y'', particularly to avoid confusion with the product of a related associative algebra. The axioms imply that a Jordan algebra is power-associative, meaning that x^n = x \cdots x is independent of how we parenthesize this expression. They also imply that x^m (x^n y) = x^n(x^m y) for all positive integers ''m'' and ''n''. Thus, we may equivalently define a Jordan algebra to be a commutative, power-associative algebra such that for any element x, the operations of multiplying by powers x^n all commute. Jordan algebras were introduced by in an effort to formalize the notion of an algebra of observables in quantum electrodynamics. It was soon shown that the algebras were not useful in this context, howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Poisson Algebra
In mathematics, a Poisson algebra is an associative algebra together with a Lie bracket that also satisfies Leibniz's law; that is, the bracket is also a derivation. Poisson algebras appear naturally in Hamiltonian mechanics, and are also central in the study of quantum groups. Manifolds with a Poisson algebra structure are known as Poisson manifolds, of which the symplectic manifolds and the Poisson–Lie groups are a special case. The algebra is named in honour of Siméon Denis Poisson. Definition A Poisson algebra is a vector space over a field ''K'' equipped with two bilinear products, ⋅ and , having the following properties: * The product ⋅ forms an associative ''K''-algebra. * The product , called the Poisson bracket, forms a Lie algebra, and so it is anti-symmetric, and obeys the Jacobi identity. * The Poisson bracket acts as a derivation of the associative product ⋅, so that for any three elements ''x'', ''y'' and ''z'' in the algebra, one has = ⋅ ''z' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Isaiah Kantor
Isaiah Kantor (or Issai Kantor, or Isai Lʹvovich Kantor) (1936–2006) was a mathematician who introduced the Kantor–Koecher–Tits construction, and the Kantor double, a Jordan superalgebra constructed from a Poisson algebra In mathematics, a Poisson algebra is an associative algebra together with a Lie bracket that also satisfies Leibniz's law; that is, the bracket is also a derivation. Poisson algebras appear naturally in Hamiltonian mechanics, and are also central .... References * Russian mathematicians 2006 deaths 1936 births {{Russia-mathematician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |