Homotopy classification of bilinear maps related to octonion polynomial multiplications

作者：Rodriguez Ordonez Hugo^*

来源：Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 2010, 432(12): 3117-3131.

DOI：10.1016/j.laa.2010.01.002

• Cayley-Dickson algebras
• Octonions
• Hopf construction
• Nonsingular bilinear maps
• Stable homotopy groups of spheres

A matrix description of the multiplication in the Cayley-Dickson algebras is given. With the aid of such description, the homotopy class of the Hopf construction of the nonsingular bilinear map given by the multiplication of two linear polynomials with octonion coefficients is determined and the similarity of these polynomial maps with others constructed by various authors is investigated. Finally, using alternative descriptions of these polynomial maps and their adjoints, a homotopically nontrivial map into a Stiefel manifold is found, having connections to vector fields on spheres.

• 出版日期2010-7-1