Octonion algebras obtained from associative algebras with involution
A natural octonion algebra structure on the symmetric
elements of trace 0 of a central simple associative algebra of
degree 3 with involution of the second kind is obtained.
(This paper has appeared in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 130
(2002), 1563 - 1572)
H. P. Petersson <holger.petersson@fernuni-hagen.de>
M. L. Racine <me@albert.mathstat.uottawa.ca>