Idempotents and Peirce Gradings of Jordan Algebras

In this paper we find a necessary and sufficient condition for a Peirce grading of a Jordan algebra J to come from a Peirce decomposition with respect to an idempotent of a Jordan algebra containing J as a subalgebra. We also show that the above condition holds automatically when J is nondegenerate.

(To appear in J. Algebra)


J. A. Anquela < anque@orion.ciencias.uniovi.es >

T. Cortés < cortes@orion.ciencias.uniovi.es >