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Main Authors: Elduque, Alberto, Etingof, Pavel, Kannan, Arun S.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01719
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author Elduque, Alberto
Etingof, Pavel
Kannan, Arun S.
author_facet Elduque, Alberto
Etingof, Pavel
Kannan, Arun S.
contents Kac's ten-dimensional simple Jordan superalgebra over a field of characteristic 5 is obtained from a process of semisimplification, via tensor categories, from the exceptional simple Jordan algebra (or Albert algebra), together with a suitable order 5 automorphism. This explains McCrimmon's 'bizarre result' asserting that, in characteristic 5, Kac's superalgebra is a sort of 'degree 3 Jordan superalgebra'. As an outcome, the exceptional simple Lie superalgebra el(5;5), specific of characteristic 5, is obtained from the simple Lie algebra of type $E_8$ and an order 5 automorphism. In the process, precise recipes to obtain superalgebras from algebras in the category of representations of the cyclic group $C_p$, over a field of characteristic $p>2$, are given.
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spellingShingle From the Albert algebra to Kac's ten-dimensional Jordan superalgebra via tensor categories in characteristic 5
Elduque, Alberto
Etingof, Pavel
Kannan, Arun S.
Rings and Algebras
Primary 17C40, Secondary 17C70, 17B25, 18M15
Kac's ten-dimensional simple Jordan superalgebra over a field of characteristic 5 is obtained from a process of semisimplification, via tensor categories, from the exceptional simple Jordan algebra (or Albert algebra), together with a suitable order 5 automorphism. This explains McCrimmon's 'bizarre result' asserting that, in characteristic 5, Kac's superalgebra is a sort of 'degree 3 Jordan superalgebra'. As an outcome, the exceptional simple Lie superalgebra el(5;5), specific of characteristic 5, is obtained from the simple Lie algebra of type $E_8$ and an order 5 automorphism. In the process, precise recipes to obtain superalgebras from algebras in the category of representations of the cyclic group $C_p$, over a field of characteristic $p>2$, are given.
title From the Albert algebra to Kac's ten-dimensional Jordan superalgebra via tensor categories in characteristic 5
topic Rings and Algebras
Primary 17C40, Secondary 17C70, 17B25, 18M15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01719